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

2. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?
(a) The Middle East.
(b) South America.
(c) Australia.
(d) Africa.

3. What is NOT one of the negative effects Harari describes when stating the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
(a) It robbed Homo sapiens of their leisure time.
(b) It resulted in a loss of variety and stimulation in the lives of Homo sapiens.
(c) It caused great harm to the environment.
(d) It put Homo sapiens at greater risk of starvation and disease.

4. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?
(a) The Age of Innocence.
(b) Pippi Longstocking.
(c) The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

5. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?
(a) 2 million years ago.
(b) 12 million years ago.
(c) 50,000 years ago.
(d) 150,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1450 AD, what percentage of earth's inhabitants lived within a "single mega-world" (167)?

2. What objects were used as money "for about 4,000 years all over Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Oceania" (177)?

3. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?

4. The Athenian Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?

5. By the first century AD, how many million foragers remained on earth?

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