View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a group of harvester ants?

2. What is a small part of a corporation that you can own called?

3. What development allowed human brains to grow?

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

5. What does the name Ebu Gogo mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did human bodies change when they started to cook their food?

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

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

4. How did humans reach Flores Island?

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

6. What ability allowed Sapiens to cooperate?

7. How do you create fire using flint?

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

9. What is the difference between ant cooperation and human cooperation?

10. Other than Sapiens, what other types of animals can cooperate in large numbers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What would life have been like in a Stone Age camp? How would it be organized? Where would people live, and what would they do in a regular day?

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, how could modern humans live healthier lives?

Essay Topic 3

This book is Volume 1 and is subtitled "How Humans Took over the World." If it was your decision, what would Volume 2 be called and what would it be about?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 635 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample