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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Horses, Hittites, and History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of this evidence?
(a) Several "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(b) Several hundred "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(c) Several thousand "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(d) Several dozen "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.

2. What does the conventional wisdom suggest about pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer societies?
(a) They were unique according to location and climate.
(b) They were crude organizations where individuals lived short, brutish, and violent lives.
(c) They were simple but filled with intelligence.
(d) They were quite sophisticated with intelligent and powerful individuals.

3. What primates are monogamous and solitary?
(a) Gorillas.
(b) Apes.
(c) Gibbons.
(d) Chimpanzees.

4. What other traits are highly connected to sexual attractiveness?
(a) Measures of personality and measures of physical attractiveness.
(b) Measures of personality and measures of intelligence.
(c) Measures of socioeconomic status and measures of intelligence.
(d) Measures of physical attractiveness.

5. How selective are humans across an array of traits?
(a) Slightly.
(b) Highly.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Minimally.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has this root language been reconstructed by linguists?

2. When was agriculture first being practiced?

3. One of the most intriguing results of this analysis is the observation of ___________________________.

4. What traits are extremely highly important to sexual attractiveness?

5. What other creatures practice a form of agriculture?

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