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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. By the first century AD, how many million foragers remained on earth?
(a) Between 6 and 8 million.
(b) Between 5 and 6 million.
(c) Between 1 and 2 million.
(d) Between 250,000 and 750,000.

2. Who invaded and brought an end to the Song Empire?
(a) The Aztecs.
(b) The Ottomans.
(c) The Incas.
(d) The Mongols.

3. Harari states that the leading project of what revolution is to give humankind eternal life?
(a) The Immortality Revolution.
(b) The Scientific Revolution.
(c) The Logic Revolution.
(d) The Cognitive Revolution.

4. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Superior people.
(c) Gods.
(d) Commoners.

5. Harari uses the example of a child's imaginary friend to demonstrate the qualities of what term?
(a) Subjectivity.
(b) Inter-subjectivity.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Intra-subjectivity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that money is based on what two universal principles?

2. Harari asserts that "an empire is defined solely by its" (190) what?

3. From what culture did the myth of Gilgamesh spring?

4. Harari uses a discussion of the coin termed "the millares" (173) to illustrate what principle?

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

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