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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?
(a) Anu.
(b) Murabi.
(c) Marduk.
(d) Enlil.

2. Sapiens began to drive other human species into extinction and to take over the rest of the planet how long ago?
(a) 10,000 years ago.
(b) 20,000 years ago.
(c) 40,000 years ago.
(d) 70,000 years ago.

3. How does Harari define elements of society such as prisons and concentration camps?
(a) Nations.
(b) Phyla.
(c) Cooperation networks.
(d) Republics.

4. What does Harari NOT provide as an example of an imagined order?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Christianity.
(d) The opioid crisis.

5. The measurement called a sila was equivalent to how many gallons?
(a) One gallon.
(b) Two gallons.
(c) A quarter of a gallon.
(d) A half a gallon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first coins in history were created around what year?

2. For how long did humans feed themselves "by gathering plants and hunting animals that lived and bred without their intervention" (77)?

3. More than what percentage of the calories that feed humanity come from plants domesticated by our ancestors between 9,500 and 3,500 BC?

4. Before the transition to agriculture, earth was home to about how many nomadic foragers?

5. Biologists classify organisms into what?

(see the answer key)

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