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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 hundred "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(b) Several dozen "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(c) Several "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.
(d) Several thousand "words" which are considered likely to be very similar to the original language.

2. Does an analysis of today's few remaining hunter-gatherer societies suggest that the conventional wisdom is correct?
(a) In some cultures.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Only in certain climates in the world.

3. What countries all have actively spread their languages over the world?
(a) Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Nepal, and Jordan.
(b) England, Spain, Portugal, France, and Russia.
(c) Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Netherlands.
(d) China, Japan, India, Cambodia, and Thailand.

4. What does the author conclude about agriculture?
(a) It is a mixed blessing practiced by humans.
(b) It is the superior form of providing food.
(c) It is the inferior form of providing food.
(d) It is essential to human survival.

5. What do these creatures grow?
(a) Grass.
(b) Flowers and herbs.
(c) Weeds.
(d) Fungus gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 5 begin by examining?

2. What does the conventional wisdom suggest about pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer societies?

3. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"

4. Ideals of beauty vary ___________________ from culture to culture.

5. What does one of the most instructive avenues of investigation in human sexual attraction involve?

(see the answer key)

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