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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) Marduk.
(b) Murabi.
(c) Enlil.
(d) Anu.

2. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?
(a) The colonization of Africa.
(b) The colonization of Antarctica.
(c) The colonization of Australia 45,000 years ago.
(d) The colonization of a large number of small and isolated islands to the north of Australia.

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

4. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?
(a) The super kangaroo.
(b) The diprotodon.
(c) The saber-toothed tiger.
(d) The woolly mammoth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time that Cortes invaded Mexico, what did its citizens call themselves?

2. Part Three of Sapiens is entitled "The" what "of Humankind" (162)?

3. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?

4. To what object does the author refer when writing that the object represents a person trying to announce their presence to the world?

5. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?

(see the answer key)

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