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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. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?
(a) They are able to produce fertile offspring.
(b) They share the same DNA traits.
(c) They are able to communicate with one another.
(d) They are physically able to mate.

2. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?
(a) 8.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 23.

3. Biologists classify organisms into what?
(a) Types.
(b) Families.
(c) Species.
(d) Phyla.

4. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
(a) Homo sapiens evolved from apes.
(b) Homo sapiens belong to a family.
(c) Homo sapiens can survive on other planets.
(d) Homo sapiens invented language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?

2. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?

3. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?

4. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?

5. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?

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