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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who opened the first McDonald's?
(a) Richard and Maurice McDonald.
(b) Teoscar and Alejandro McDonald.
(c) Richard Tesla.
(d) Ella and Louis McDonald.

3. 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 laughed and said only boys could be kings.
(c) They put the oil on her head, but it did not work.
(d) They found out that she was not the king's daughter.

4. What did people do when they stopped believing in the stories of the king and the special oil?
(a) They thought it would be good to still have a king anyways.
(b) They became angry and killed the king.
(c) They asked for there to be a vote.
(d) They stole the bottle of special oil.

5. Other than humans, what type of animal that can cooperate in large numbers?
(a) Schools of sharks.
(b) Pack wolves.
(c) Mice.
(d) Social insects.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story, what does god send down for the king?

2. What is god's messenger that carries the gift for the king?

3. What does the author say is the benefit of a corporation?

4. How long does the process of evolution take?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author think Sapiens might be different if the other types of humans had survived?

2. How was the story of McDonald's first told?

3. What story allows humans to easily trade for things they need, even with strangers?

4. What is one theory of how Sapiens learned to tell stories?

5. How did the story of the Great Lion Spirit affect people?

6. What gave Sapiens the power to overcome their competitors and deal with much stronger animals?

7. How did Neanderthals compare to Sapiens?

8. According to the author, how is the story of corporations useful?

9. What groups do ants organize themselves into?

10. Why is growing up especially hard for human children?

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