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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How could one describe the factors involved in the formula?
(a) Incorrect.
(b) Exact.
(c) Estimated.
(d) Objective.

3. What is today's human population?
(a) Over fifteen million.
(b) Over five million.
(c) Over five billion.
(d) Over fifty billion.

4. What is the term for the extinction of these animals due to hunting?
(a) An environmental blitzkrieg.
(b) An herbocide.
(c) An environmental blizzard.
(d) An environmental genocide.

5. One percent of North American birds have become extinct since what year?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1500.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1700.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what did this population explosion and its enabler result?

2. How were these peoples referred?

3. Why do gazelles exhibit this behavior?

4. Why is this gazelle behavior considered dangerous?

5. What is alarming about what the Europeans did?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is known about destructive behavior in various species?

2. What has been discovered about various human settlers?

3. What is exobiology?

4. What is genocide?

5. Describe the migration of the Clovis culture into North and South America?

6. What occurred when European settlers first arrived in Tasmania?

7. What do first contacts involve?

8. What imminent risks to survival does humanity face?

9. What languages dominate the world?

10. When and where was PIE initially used?

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