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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 is the name of the famous Stone Age statue of a woman?
(a) Saturn of Munich.
(b) Mercury of Wollstonecraft
(c) Neptune of Dortmund.
(d) Venus of Willendorf.

2. What did Stone Age people use to eat?
(a) They ate with their hands.
(b) They only used sporks.
(c) They used chopsticks.
(d) They used a knife and fork.

3. What happened to the Ohalo huts?
(a) They were destroyed with stone tools.
(b) They were swept away in a flood.
(c) They burned down.
(d) Lava destroyed them.

4. What DNA instructions do human bodies have about sweet foods?
(a) Enjoy in moderation.
(b) It is poisonous. Give it to your enemy.
(c) Do not eat it.
(d) If you find it, eat as much possible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the elephant that killed a Nayaka called?

2. Why do people not know about specific historical events from the Stone Age?

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

4. What does "Homo sapien" mean?

5. How many huts were found at Ohalo?

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