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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Golden Age That Never Was.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what does the author derive clues regarding a species' long-term survival probability?
(a) How fast and strong it is.
(b) How much energy several species invest in self-repair.
(c) How long it takes to develop prior to birth.
(d) How able it is to repair itself.

2. How has this root language been reconstructed by linguists?
(a) From grabochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(b) From glottochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(c) From garbochronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.
(d) From gluttonchronology and an analysis of the oldest existing texts known.

3. What is considered by most scientists to be uniquely human?
(a) Love.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Learning.
(d) Language.

4. What was discovered on this expedition?
(a) Hundreds of people known as the Dani.
(b) Hundreds of people known as the Canari.
(c) Thousands of people known as the Canari.
(d) Thousands of people known as the Dani.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Is the first criterion uniquely human?

2. What did European settlers find when they first arrived in Tasmania?

3. What did some European inhabitants of Australia argue should be carried out in Australia?

4. What does the author say about any human trait?

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

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