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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (112-142).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long would it take a Stone Age person to walk from one end of their "home" to the other?
(a) 5 seconds.
(b) About a week.
(c) A minute.
(d) Half an hour.

2. What happened when the oil ran out?
(a) They bought another bottle.
(b) It never did.
(c) They stopped using it.
(d) God sent a new bottle.

3. When the author imagines the rat scientists of the future, where do they find the surviving human art?
(a) Museums.
(b) Subway stations.
(c) Mansions.
(d) Art galleries.

4. Who left behind evidence at Le Rozel?
(a) Sapiens.
(b) French kings.
(c) Denisovans.
(d) Neanderthals.

5. What is "one of the most interesting games grown-ups play" (54)?
(a) Corporation.
(b) Law.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is the benefit of a corporation?

2. What did archaeologists find at Le Rozel on the Atlantic coast of France?

3. Why does unhealthy food taste good?

4. What did people mostly use to make things during the Stone Age?

5. What do historians call the time when the French people stopped believing in kings?

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