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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?
(a) From 60,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago.
(b) From 150,000 years ago to 45,000 years ago.
(c) From 90,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.
(d) From 75,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.

2. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?
(a) They settled Australia.
(b) They drove the Neanderthals to extinction.
(c) They created thousands of cave etchings.
(d) They carved the Stadel lion-man.

3. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?
(a) A peaceful species.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Animals.
(d) Foragers.

4. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?
(a) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(b) Tens of thousands of years.
(c) 2,000 years.
(d) 10,000 years.

5. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?
(a) 10,000 years.
(b) Tens of thousands of years.
(c) 2,000 years.
(d) Hundreds of thousands of years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?

2. Biologists classify organisms into what?

3. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?

4. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?

5. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?

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