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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Homo Sapiens Conquers The World: The Human Spark .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Scientists believe emotions are actually ______.
(a) Religious manifestations.
(b) Subjective attitudes.
(c) Biochemical algorithms.
(d) Mystical phenomenon.

2. What hunter-gatherer society still embraces the principles of animism?
(a) East Africans.
(b) The Nayaka.
(c) The Navajo.
(d) The Incans.

3. What was the first deadly disease Europeans brought to North America?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Black Death.
(d) Measles.

4. Which country was the first to recognize animals as sentient beings?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Canada.
(c) Great Britian.
(d) Austrailia.

5. What Romanian dictator was stunned by someone who booed him during his speech?
(a) Nicolae Ceausescu.
(b) Tzar Nicholas.
(c) Rene Descartes.
(d) Ion Iliescu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of fearing asteroids, climate change, or volcanoes, what should we fear, according to the author?

2. Humans learned to ensure that animals could survive and reproduce but what did humans ignore?

3. Why does money have value?

4. One core emotion shared by all mammals is ___________.

5. Eating too little used to kill many people. What kills many people today?

(see the answer key)

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