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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 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 are these risks?
(a) Nuclear holocaust and environmental holocaust.
(b) Nuclear holocaust, environmental holocaust, personal holocaust, and planetary holocaust.
(c) Nuclear holocaus, environmental holocaust, and planetary holocaust.
(d) Nuclear holocaust.

3. What does he conclude by noting?
(a) The earth will continue on as it has, because humans are not that powerful.
(b) Neither nuclear holocaust or an environmental holocaust will occur.
(c) Nuclear holocaust is possible and that environmental holocaust is not only probable, but already underway.
(d) Only an environmental holocaust is likely.

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

5. How many species does the author suggest currently exist on earth?
(a) 20 million.
(b) 30 million.
(c) 100 million.
(d) 1 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to corroborate the evidence?

2. Does the epilogue offer a particularly hopeful look toward the future?

3. The first human settlers of New Zealand hunted local large fauna to extinction within how many years?

4. Why do gazelles exhibit this behavior?

5. What types of behaviors do many animals exhibit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is exobiology?

6. What do first contacts involve?

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

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

9. What has been discovered about various human settlers?

10. How does the author conclude the text?

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