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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 is a theoretical pursuit that ponders the likely nature and possible existence of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence?
(a) Exobiology.
(b) ETbiology.
(c) Terrestriobiology.
(d) Extrabiology.

2. What did European settlers find when they first arrived in Tasmania?
(a) It was inhabited by an estimated 1,000 black native inhabitants.
(b) It was inhabited by an estimated 10,000 black native inhabitants.
(c) It was inhabited by an estimated 5,000 black native inhabitants.
(d) It was inhabited by an estimated 15,000 black native inhabitants.

3. What do first contacts involve?
(a) The initial encounter between previously isolated native peoples with previously unknown external peoples who are nearly always less technologically advanced.
(b) The initial encounter between previously isolated native peoples with previously unknown external peoples who are nearly always more technologically advanced.
(c) The initial encounter between previously isolated native peoples with previously unknown external peoples who are sometimes more technologically advanced.
(d) The first pair of lenses one wears after the use of glasses.

4. By what are first contacts usually characterized?
(a) Dryness and irritation.
(b) Large meals.
(c) Uncertainty and friendship.
(d) Violence and misunderstanding.

5. Why is this gazelle behavior considered dangerous?
(a) Sometimes the lion pursues the stopping gazelle.
(b) Sometimes the lion pursues the stalking gazelle.
(c) Sometimes the lion pursues the stotting gazelle.
(d) Sometimes the lion pursues the trotting gazelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many examples of positive change are noted?

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

3. What percentage of extinctions does archaeological evidence suggest is the responsibility of pre-historic humans?

4. By what do many suggest that today's societal ills could be eliminated?

5. What does the author note about studies done on woodpeckers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What enabled population expansion?

3. What does the author suggest about the species on Earth and extinction rates?

4. What languages dominate the world?

5. What is Blitzkrieg?

6. What principle is used to explain why animals can be self-destructive?

7. What does the Green Bank formula do?

8. What imminent risks to survival does humanity face?

9. What was one of the last major first contacts?

10. What is exobiology?

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