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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. The first human settlers of New Zealand hunted local large fauna to extinction within how many years?
(a) One hundred.
(b) One.
(c) A few dozen.
(d) Ten.

2. What languages dominate the world?
(a) Asian derived languages.
(b) Indonesian derived languages.
(c) Indo-European derived languages.
(d) European derived languages.

3. What kept this group of people isolated for so long?
(a) Inaccessible terrain and topography of the Canary Islands.
(b) They were the only people in New Guinea.
(c) Inaccessible terrain and topography of New Guinea.
(d) They were the only people in the Canary Islands.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species have been scientifically enumerated?

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

3. What is it called when a gazelle sees a lion stalking it and does not run?

4. How has this root language been reconstructed by linguists?

5. What is the Green Bank formula?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Epilogue?

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

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

4. What do first contacts involve?

5. What is exobiology?

6. What languages dominate the world?

7. What enabled population expansion?

8. Describe European expansion.

9. What does the Green Bank formula do?

10. What has been discovered about various human settlers?

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