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

2. How were these peoples referred?

3. What did European settlers find when they first arrived in Tasmania?

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

5. How do many imagine that humans lived during certain periods of time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Blitzkrieg?

4. What is the purpose of the Epilogue?

5. What imminent risks to survival does humanity face?

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

7. What is genocide?

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

9. What do first contacts involve?

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

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

The author discusses the topic of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence.

Part 1) What is meant by extra-terrestrial life and intelligence? What does the author say about extra-terrestrial life and intelligence? Why does he say this?

Part 2) What is the purpose of this topic, in relation to the rest of the book?

Part 3) Is this topic appropriate and fitting for this book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The author investigates rudimentary human languages such as pidgins and creoles.

Part 1) What are pidgins and creoles? How do they differ from other languages?

Part 2) What is the purpose of pidgins and creoles? Why has the author decided to discuss them?

Part 3) How do pidgins and creoles help support the author's view about the gap that exists between human language and animal vocalizations?

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