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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Accidental Conquerors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author state about the gap between animal vocalizations and human language?
(a) It is greater than once commonly believed.
(b) There is hardly a gap.
(c) It is not as great as is commonly believed.
(d) It is a large gap.

2. What do paleopathology investigations demonstrate conclusively?
(a) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was superior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(b) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was inferior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(c) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was the same in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(d) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was similar in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.

3. What have a few captive gorillas and chimpanzees been taught to do?
(a) Speak a human language.
(b) Read.
(c) Use various non-vocal systems to communicate with sign or symbol languages.
(d) Sing.

4. Who are the chimps' closest living relatives?
(a) Baboons.
(b) Humans.
(c) Gorillas.
(d) Apes.

5. What does the fact that the many vocalizations among groups of the same species vary significantly from group to group indicate?
(a) They are sounds learned only in adulthood.
(b) They are a learned suite of sounds.
(c) They are sounds known at birth.
(d) They are not the same language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a parallel process not exist for men?

2. What does the author think of the second criterion?

3. What does research show about those who are of one race and are raised by members of another race?

4. What does one of the most instructive avenues of investigation in human sexual attraction involve?

5. How are humans unique among primates?

(see the answer key)

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