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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Steven Pinker's occupation?
(a) Evolutionary psychologist.
(b) Evolutionary anthropologist.
(c) Evolutionary historian.
(d) Evolutionary economist.

2. Who was Seymour Martin?
(a) A sociologist.
(b) An anthropologist.
(c) An historian.
(d) An economist.

3. When did the Gauls choose to elect a common authority for the whole confederation?
(a) When the Huns were about to invade.
(b) When Caesar rose to power.
(c) When Vercingetorix conquered Gaul.
(d) When war broke out with Rome.

4. When was "Ancient Law" by Henry Maine published?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1961.

5. When was "Discourse on the Origins of Inequality" published according to chapter 3?
(a) 1765.
(b) 1756.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1754.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first civilization to invent the modern state?

2. What was a motive for making war in tribal societies?

3. When did the Berlin Wall fall?

4. Who argued that a just city had to exist in conformity with man's permanent nature and not what was ephemeral and changing according to Chapter 2?

5. How large was the Chinese Empire in 1 A.D.?

(see the answer key)

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