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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Green Bank formula?
(a) A political organization.
(b) A mathematical process that putatively determines the number of intelligent species in the universe.
(c) An organic blood bank.
(d) A bank that is beneficial for the environment.

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

4. Within about 1,000 years what had these people done?
(a) Colonized North and South America.
(b) Gone extinct.
(c) Arrived in North America.
(d) Travelled to Central America.

5. Does the epilogue offer a particularly hopeful look toward the future?
(a) In some parts of the world.
(b) Yes.
(c) Only for powerful nations.
(d) No.

6. What else does he do in the Epilogue?
(a) He reiterates the major events of human evolution and cultural development.
(b) He reminds the reader of his message.
(c) He argues against several points made in the book.
(d) He discusses changes in his research since the book was first published.

7. How many main motivating rationales does the text propose for the cause of genocide?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

8. What does the author note about studies done on woodpeckers?
(a) Woodpecker traits are found plentifully in other bird species and most of the traits necessary to be a woodpecker have come together only once during evolution
(b) Woodpecker traits are only found in other bird species.
(c) Woodpecker traits are found plentifully in other bird species and yet all of the traits necessary to be a woodpecker have come together only once during evolution.
(d) Woodpecker traits are found only slightly in other bird species and yet all of the traits necessary to be a woodpecker have come together only once during evolution.

9. How were these peoples referred?
(a) The Folter culture.
(b) The Clovis culture.
(c) The Clover culture.
(d) The Folsom culture.

10. What was a nickname for these type of people in the civilizations?
(a) Ignorant beasts.
(b) Crazy natives.
(c) Beautiful peasants.
(d) Noble savages.

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

12. What is used to corroborate the evidence?
(a) No data sources.
(b) A few data sources.
(c) Numerous data sources.
(d) One data source.

13. What is a prevalent habit among modern peoples of all time?
(a) To look toward the distant past and imagine it as a sort of golden age where contemporaneous problems did not exist.
(b) Look to toward the future and imagine the turmoil that will be taking place.
(c) To look toward the future and imagine it as a sort of golden age.
(d) Look to the past and imagine it as a horrible time of misunderstanding and ignorance.

14. How many imminent risks to survival does humanity face?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

15. What is the conclusion of the woodpecker research?
(a) All woodpeckers are descended from a common ancestral species.
(b) All woodpeckers are descended from two ancestral species.
(c) All woodpeckers are descended from several ancestral species.
(d) Some woodpeckers are descended from a common ancestral species.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do gazelles exhibit this behavior?

2. How many species does the author suggest currently exist on earth?

3. How could one describe the factors involved in the formula?

4. What languages dominate the world?

5. What is today's human population?

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