View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many examples of positive change are noted?

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

5. What enabled Europeans to pursue their conquests?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been discovered about various human settlers?

2. What is exobiology?

3. What languages dominate the world?

4. What enabled population expansion?

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

6. What imminent risks to survival does humanity face?

7. What is genocide?

8. What does the Green Bank formula do?

9. When and where was PIE initially used?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book considers whether art is a uniquely human endeavor.

Part 1) What criteria does the author use to decide if something is art. Do you agree that these criteria are necessary when deciding whether or not something is art? Why or why not?

Part 2) Based on what the author states about art, can animals be artists? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is your definition of art? Based on your definition of art, can animals be artists? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Critics and psychologists analyzed the art, unknowingly, of animals.

Part 1) What are the results of the examinations? Do these results surprise you? Why or why not?

Part 2) Can one decide if something is art by simply observing it? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might these critics and psychologists have reacted when they realized they had just examined animal art? Why would they react this way?

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,240 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample