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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. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?
(a) The ability to communicate about danger.
(b) The ability to speak about fictions.
(c) The ability to solve complex problems.
(d) The ability to use voice intonation.

2. Harari uses a discussion of the coin termed "the millares" (173) to illustrate what principle?
(a) Diversity.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Greed.
(d) Tolerance.

3. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?
(a) 12,000 BC.
(b) 24,000 BC.
(c) 6,000 BC.
(d) 36,000 BC.

4. 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 cooperation network.
(c) A republic.
(d) A nation.

5. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?
(a) 8.
(b) 23.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the last million years, there has been an Ice Age how frequently, on average?

2. The Code of Hammurabi stated that if one man were to break another man's bone, his punishment would be what?

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

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

5. How much money that exists in the world "exists only on computer servers" (178)?

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