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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Homo Sapiens Gives Meaning To The World: The Storytellers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what was Santino the chimpanzee at the Furuvik Zoo known?
(a) Escaping from his cage.
(b) Solving math problems.
(c) Hiding whenever people were around.
(d) Throwing rocks at visitors to the zoo.

2. What Romanian dictator was stunned by someone who booed him during his speech?
(a) Nicolae Ceausescu.
(b) Tzar Nicholas.
(c) Ion Iliescu.
(d) Rene Descartes.

3. Harari compares the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to what revolution?
(a) The Agricultural Revolution.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The Information Age.

4. Education used to focus on educating students. What does education focus on now?
(a) Reducing class sizes.
(b) Increasing teacher salaries.
(c) Getting high marks.
(d) Understanding literature.

5. When did the idea of having green lawns around dwellings begin?
(a) With the invention of tennis.
(b) In ancient Greece.
(c) In the Middle Ages.
(d) In the early 20th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what modern concept are the living-god pharaohs compared?

2. Writing and money made it possible to _______________.

3. As a result of the Agricultural Revolution, humans insured the survival and reproduction of domesticated animals while ignoring what?

4. What was the first deadly disease Europeans brought to North America?

5. What British mathematician developed the Turing Test?

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