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

2. Roughly when were the Vedas composed?
(a) 1,500 years ago.
(b) 2,500 years ago.
(c) 2,000 years ago.
(d) 3,000 years ago.

3. Roughly how long would it take someone to carve a single bead out of ivory?
(a) A month.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 2 days.

4. What would an animist do if they thought they had angered a tree?
(a) They would ask the tree for forgiveness.
(b) They would threaten the tree with fire.
(c) They would run away from the tree.
(d) They would cut down the tree.

5. What did gatherers have expertise in?
(a) Their territory.
(b) Making things.
(c) The plants and animals around them.
(d) Making things, the surrounding plants and animals, and the surrounding territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did a mammoth weigh?

2. What DNA instructions do human bodies have about sweet foods?

3. Ants also cooperate in large numbers, but how are they different from humans?

4. What did archaeologists find in Stadel Cave?

5. How did Stone Age people get paint?

(see the answer key)

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