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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people do with god's gift?
(a) They buried it.
(b) They ate it.
(c) They put it on the king's head.
(d) They gave it to the poor.

2. How did Sapiens overcome the other humans?
(a) They did not need as much food.
(b) They were stronger.
(c) They were faster.
(d) They had a superpower.

3. In what year did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1959.

4. When did Sapiens start telling stories?
(a) 33,000 years ago.
(b) Very long ago, when other humans still lived on Earth.
(c) 25,000 years ago.
(d) 10,000 years ago.

5. Why did Floresians evolve to be smaller?
(a) The climate.
(b) A lack of food.
(c) Larger predators.
(d) Smaller caves.

6. What two methods were used to start fires?
(a) Matches and glass.
(b) Friction and flint.
(c) Lightning and water.
(d) Friction and gravity.

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

8. When was the catastrophe that killed the Floresians, Neanderthals, and Denisovans?
(a) 100,000 years ago.
(b) 5,000 years ago.
(c) 50,000 years ago.
(d) 10,000 years ago.

9. What country's kings does the author talk about?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Portugal.

10. What does "Homo sapien" mean?
(a) Same human.
(b) Wise human.
(c) Ancient human.
(d) Human from Hom Valley.

11. About how much money does McDonald's earn every year?
(a) $600 billion.
(b) $6 billion.
(c) $6 million.
(d) $1.6 billion.

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

13. What development allowed human brains to grow?
(a) Learning to fish.
(b) Studying math.
(c) Discovering the wheel.
(d) Cooking their food.

14. What sport does the author use as an example of strangers sharing the same beliefs about rules?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Baseball.

15. Who does the author not say helped Armstrong get to space?
(a) Mathematicians.
(b) Miners.
(c) Athletes.
(d) Farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did archaeologists find in Denisova Cave?

2. Where is Neander Valley?

3. Who opened the first McDonald's?

4. About how tall did adult Floresians evolve to be?

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

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