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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (35 - 74).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people do with god's gift?
(a) They put it on the king's head.
(b) They gave it to the poor.
(c) They buried it.
(d) They ate it.

2. Three hundred years ago, what work did most people do?
(a) Construction.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Farming.
(d) Delivery.

3. What "only gets hungrier" the more it eats (6)?
(a) A zebra.
(b) A fire.
(c) A lion.
(d) A Sapien.

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

5. Ants also cooperate in large numbers, but how are they different from humans?
(a) Their stories make them greedy.
(b) They never change the way they cooperate.
(c) They believe less useful stories.
(d) They cannot all tell stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sapiens start telling stories?

2. What story allows humans to cooperate on large projects and trade with strangers?

3. What did archaeologists find in Denisova Cave?

4. When was the catastrophe that killed the Floresians, Neanderthals, and Denisovans?

5. What did people do when they stopped believing in the stories of the king and the special oil?

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