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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. What athletes does the author mention people watching on TV?
(a) Fernando Tatis and Kylian Mbappé
(b) Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu.
(c) Lionel Messi and Megan Rapinoe.
(d) Terence Crawford and Claressa Shields.

2. Which of these is a "memory from millions of years ago" (4)?
(a) Waking up in the night, frightened of a monster under the bed.
(b) Dreaming of riding dinosaurs into the lake.
(c) Wanting to steal your neighbor's lunch.
(d) Eating a giraffe.

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

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

5. What did Armstrong say when he stepped on the moon?
(a) That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
(b) Today is a day that will forever be remembered.
(c) We can only put forward the foot that's on our leg.
(d) It's easy to step, hard to go forward.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sapiens overcome the other humans?

2. Where did the spacecraft land on the moon?

3. How healthy were gatherers' diets?

4. Who, according to the author, are even more powerful storytellers than lawyers?

5. Who opened the first McDonald's?

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