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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harari asserts that barley has what type of intrinsic value?
(a) Financial.
(b) Biological.
(c) Aesthetic.
(d) Material.

2. Harari asserts that "no noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last" (77) how many years?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 500.
(d) 2,000.

3. Harari's purpose for including an image of the Declaration of Independence of the United States is to define the United States using what term?
(a) A community of communicators.
(b) A republic.
(c) A nation.
(d) A cooperation network.

4. The Oceanic World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?
(a) Most of western South America.
(b) The continent of Australia.
(c) Most of the islands of the south-western Pacific Ocean.
(d) Most of Central America and parts of North America.

5. Harari uses apples to point out the shortcomings in what system?
(a) The stock market system.
(b) The justice system.
(c) The barter system.
(d) The education system.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century did cannons emerge to become a decisive factor in battle?

2. What is NOT one of the negative effects Harari describes when stating the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?

3. Most scholars of culture have concluded that every culture's "typical beliefs, norms, and values" (163) are what?

4. What is NOT a point on the Scientific Revolution feedback loop image provided by the author?

5. Harari asserts that "Until the Scientific Revolution most human cultures did not believe in" (264) what?

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