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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. To qualify an object as art, the author suggests that it must fulfill how many qualities?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. What do paleopathology investigations demonstrate conclusively?
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(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 inferior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.

3. Why were many of these scientific studies about extra-marital sexual unions never published?
(a) Because they were incorrect.
(b) Because their conclusions were deemed too inflammatory.
(c) Because they were incomplete.
(d) Because they were inconclusive.

4. There are undoubted benefits of agriculture that come with what?
(a) Notable drawbacks.
(b) Minor drawbacks.
(c) Significant benefits.
(d) Notable benefits.

5. What happens to all animals?
(a) They mate.
(b) They care for one another.
(c) They age and eventually die.
(d) They survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Both chimps and humans share what percent of their DNA in common with the gorilla species?

2. What is the conclusion based on the art criteria?

3. There is a strong correlation between sexual size dimorphism and what?

4. What does the author say about any human trait?

5. What does the author note about studies done on woodpeckers?

(see the answer key)

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