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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the lawyer need to do before telling the story of the McDonald's Corporation?
(a) Put on their special ceremonial robes.
(b) Stand on the important spot on the floor.
(c) Hold the talking stick.
(d) Tell everyone they were about to tell a story.

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

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

4. What superpower do humans have?
(a) Telling imaginary stories.
(b) Long distance running.
(c) Developing complex plans.
(d) Mimicking older humans.

5. How did Sapiens develop this ability?
(a) They learned from chimpanzees.
(b) They practised lying to their parents.
(c) They learned from Neanderthals.
(d) It is uncertain.

6. What did humans need before they cooked food?
(a) Patience.
(b) Sharp cutlery.
(c) Plates.
(d) Salt and sugar.

7. What language did the lawyer tell their story in?
(a) Ancient Greek.
(b) Czech.
(c) Legalese.
(d) English.

8. How many people do most humans really know?
(a) 150-200.
(b) 200-250.
(c) More than 250.
(d) Less than 150.

9. How long does the process of evolution take?
(a) 500 years.
(b) A few centuries.
(c) Billions of years.
(d) Thousands of years.

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

11. What could ancient Sapiens use to frighten away large animals?
(a) Stone walls.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Fire.
(d) Drums.

12. What is useful about storytelling?
(a) It helps pass the time in camp at night.
(b) If thousands believe the same story, they will follow the same rules and goals.
(c) It is good for remembering one's ancestors.
(d) It is a useful way of passing along lessons.

13. 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 cannot all tell stories.
(d) They believe less useful stories.

14. What happened when the king's daughter said that she wanted to become the ruler?
(a) They crowned her as their first queen.
(b) They found out that she was not the king's daughter.
(c) They laughed and said only boys could be kings.
(d) They put the oil on her head, but it did not work.

15. What kind of bears live in Romania?
(a) Polar bears.
(b) Sun bears.
(c) Brown bears.
(d) Panda bears.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sapiens overcome the other humans?

2. About how many people work for McDonald's?

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

4. What do historians call the time when the French people stopped believing in kings?

5. What special talent do woodpeckers have?

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