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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. How is this possible that these people could achieve all of this?
(a) They were very intelligent.
(b) They could easily reproduce and travel.
(c) They were powerful.
(d) The animals were very weak.

2. What did the Europeans do to these people?
(a) They eliminated them entirely over several years through a process called genocide.
(b) They encouraged them to take on European traditions and ideals in a matter of a few years.
(c) They assimilated with them over a period of several years.
(d) They eliminated them entirely over a period of a year through a process called genocide.

3. How many species have been scientifically enumerated?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 2 billion.

4. What is alarming about what the Europeans did?
(a) It was something no other Europeans had done.
(b) It was considered normal.
(c) It was looked upon as a successful process.
(d) It was looked upon as shocking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept this group of people isolated for so long?

2. How many imminent risks to survival does humanity face?

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

4. What else does he do in the Epilogue?

5. Why do gazelles exhibit this behavior?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When and where was PIE initially used?

3. What is Blitzkrieg?

4. What has been discovered about various human settlers?

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

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

7. Describe European expansion.

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

9. What is exobiology?

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

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