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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. What kept this group of people isolated for so long?
(a) They were the only people in New Guinea.
(b) Inaccessible terrain and topography of the Canary Islands.
(c) Inaccessible terrain and topography of New Guinea.
(d) They were the only people in the Canary Islands.

2. Eventually A. robustus became extinct and A. africanus gave rise to who?
(a) Homo habilis.
(b) Homo sapiens.
(c) Homo erectus.
(d) Homo ergaster.

3. Is the first criterion uniquely human?
(a) Maybe.
(b) In some cases.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

4. What does the author state about the gap between animal vocalizations and human language?
(a) It is greater than once commonly believed.
(b) It is a large gap.
(c) It is not as great as is commonly believed.
(d) There is hardly a gap.

5. Why were many of these scientific studies about extra-marital sexual unions never published?
(a) Because their conclusions were deemed too inflammatory.
(b) Because they were inconclusive.
(c) Because they were incomplete.
(d) Because they were incorrect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is extra-marital sex approached differently by men than by women?

2. What is an optimal organism?

3. What is a prevalent habit among modern peoples of all time?

4. What countries all have actively spread their languages over the world?

5. What does the author say about the numerous scientific approaches to aging that have been proposed and numerous theories that have been suggested?

(see the answer key)

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