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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 18-20 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Australian World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?
(a) Most of Central America and parts of North America.
(b) Most of western South America.
(c) Only the continent of Australia.
(d) Australia and eastern Asia.

2. By what year does Harari assert that "the main wave of domestication was over" (77)?
(a) 3,500 BC.
(b) 9,000 BC.
(c) 1,000 BC.
(d) 5,000 BC.

3. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?
(a) 400,000 years ago.
(b) 4 million years ago.
(c) 4000 years ago.
(d) 40,000 years ago.

4. In 2015, the world was home to just under how many humans?
(a) 8 billion.
(b) 9.5 billion.
(c) 7 billion.
(d) 9 billion.

5. In 2000, the world was home to about how many humans?
(a) 6 billion.
(b) 5 billion.
(c) 8 billion.
(d) 7 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that "the most remarkable and defining moment of the past 500 years came in" (249) what year?

2. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?

3. Who was the author of the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument?

4. What does Harari NOT list among the "premodern traditions of knowledge" he discusses?

5. At the time that Cortes invaded Mexico, what did its citizens call themselves?

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