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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?
(a) Over six million.
(b) Over three million.
(c) Over three million.
(d) Over one million.

3. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?
(a) 400,000 years.
(b) 4,000 years.
(c) 40,000 years.
(d) 4 million years.

4. The Code of Hammurabi stated that if one man were to break another man's bone, his punishment would be what?
(a) To have his hand cut off.
(b) To act as the victim's servant for three days.
(c) To have his own bone broken.
(d) To have his eye cast out.

5. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) America.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Harari define elements of society such as prisons and concentration camps?

2. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?

3. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?

4. To whom does Harari allude when discussing "an objective phenomenon" (116)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author name as the most important step in convincing people to believe a shared myth?

2. How does the author use the example about insects' wings to make his point about there being no single "natural" (147) way to live?

3. For what purpose does the author include a table at the start of the text that presents a timeline of human history?

4. What is Harari's assessment of the opportunities created by sapiens' use of fictive language?

5. Analyze Harari's use of the term “curtain of silence” (61) within his discussion of our limited understanding of human history.

6. Discuss Harari's suggestions regarding the use of humility when considering human history.

7. What is the significance of the era that occurred on Earth 70,000 years ago?

8. What is the author's definition of the word natural and how does he support his claim?

9. How does the author emphasize his view that societal orders are imagined?

10. What are two examples of templates for collective action?

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