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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Do the archaeological and historic records suggest that these views are correct?

2. What countries all have actively spread their languages over the world?

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

4. What is today's human population?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe European expansion.

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

3. What languages dominate the world?

4. What imminent risks to survival does humanity face?

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

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

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

8. How does the author conclude the text?

9. When and where was PIE initially used?

10. What has been discovered about various human settlers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A chapter in this book presents the question, why are we attracted to certain types of people?

Part 1) What does the author give as an explanation for this? What research does the author provide to back his claims?

Part 2) Do you believe that the author's research is valid? Why or why not? Are their aspects of attraction that are missing in the author's research? If so, what?

Part 3) How much of one's interest in another is on a subconscious level, how much is based on the decisions one consciously makes? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Ernst Mayr's biological species concept is used as the de facto biological definition of species.

Part 1) What is Ernst Mayr's biological species concept? Why is it used as the de facto biological definition of species?

Part 2) Is the concept appropriate for defining species? Why or why not?

Part 3) What other information in this text might be viewed as incomplete or incorrect? Why? How does this affect the validity of the book as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

This book investigates the power of race when choosing a mate.

Part 1) Why is this a controversial investigation? Why is the topic of race very inflammatory?

Part 2) According to the book, how important is race when choosing a mate? Why?

Part 3) Is the power of race as important today as it was a century ago? Why or why not? Does this prove or disprove the author's research? Why or why not?

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