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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (75-111).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous painting was found in Lascaux Cave in France?
(a) A wild onion.
(b) A mysterious woman.
(c) A wild horse.
(d) A dog-headed man.

2. What example does the author not give when talking about how adults are persuaded by stories?
(a) People not eating certain foods because they think a god told them not to.
(b) People wearing hats because they think a god likes those hats.
(c) People competing in sports that they think a god wants them to win.
(d) People fighting other people because they think a god told them to.

3. When did Sapiens start telling stories?
(a) 25,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) 33,000 years ago.
(d) Very long ago, when other humans still lived on Earth.

4. Where is Flores Island?
(a) Italy.
(b) Madagascar.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Indonesia.

5. What did archaeologists find in Stadel Cave?
(a) A statue of a human with a bird's head.
(b) A statue of a human with a lion's head.
(c) A human finger.
(d) A painting of a bison chasing a human.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a Stone Age gatherer do if they found ripe fruit?

2. What are the ancient humans who lived in Indonesia called?

3. How old were the boys found at Sunghir?

4. Where did Stone Age people mostly live?

5. Of which of these is there just one kind all over the world?

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