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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. When was Lascaux Cave discovered?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1708.

2. What is known about the objects Stone Age people owned?
(a) They owned much more stuff than people today.
(b) They were obsessive collectors.
(c) They were constantly finding seashells that they liked.
(d) They did not own many things.

3. What was the name of the astronaut who waited on the mother ship?
(a) Maurice Richard.
(b) Michael Collins.
(c) Simon Chapman.
(d) Thomas Biggio.

4. When the author imagines peace instead of a battle, what gifts were exchanged?
(a) Fur slippers.
(b) Stone tools.
(c) Ivory beads.
(d) Fox-teeth hats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is a modern factory worker at their job for?

2. What part of the body did Stone Age people paint on cave walls?

3. Where is Ohalo?

4. What weapons were used in the imagined battle between Sapiens and Neanderthals?

5. How old is the painting in Lascaux Cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

2. What have archaeologists learned in studying the stone remains around ancient campfires?

3. Why have no Stone Age paintings of people or families been found?

4. What did hunter-gatherers know about their territory?

5. Why were accidents more dangerous during the Stone Age?

6. Why is the name "Stone Age" misleading?

7. Why do modern humans not know of any specific historical events during the Stone Age?

8. What are orangutan families like?

9. What is the Venus of Willendorf, and what can be learned from it?

10. How did gatherers' diets compare to those of modern factory workers?

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