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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. About how many people work for McDonald's?
(a) 2,000,000.
(b) 520,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 120,000.

2. What do historians call the time when the French people stopped believing in kings?
(a) The Great Reorganization.
(b) The French Spring.
(c) The End of Kings.
(d) The French Revolution.

3. What are the ancient humans who lived in Indonesia called?
(a) Mus musculus.
(b) Felis catus.
(c) Homo floresiensis.
(d) Homo neanderthalensis.

4. Why were Sapiens more powerful than Neanderthals?
(a) They had more advanced weapons.
(b) They were taller.
(c) They cooperated.
(d) They needed less sleep.

5. Why might human ancestors have cracked open a bone?
(a) To eat the juicy stuff inside.
(b) To feed the pieces to their cat.
(c) To make a pen.
(d) To use the bone dust in making soap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Other than humans, what type of animal that can cooperate in large numbers?

2. What is "one of the most interesting games grown-ups play" (54)?

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

4. What does the name Ebu Gogo mean?

5. What happened when the king's daughter said that she wanted to become the ruler?

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