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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. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?
(a) Homo neanderthalensis.
(b) Homo sapiens.
(c) Homo rudolfensis.
(d) Homo erectus.

2. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?
(a) Europe and West Asia.
(b) Europe and West Africa.
(c) North America and South America.
(d) Asia and Eastern Europe.

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

4. Harari states that "When complex societies began to appear in the wake of the Agricultural Revolution, a completely new type of information became vital" (121). What was this new type of information?
(a) Geographical information.
(b) Topographical information.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Letters.

5. The Code of Hammurabi stated that if one man were to break another man's bone, his punishment would be what?
(a) To act as the victim's servant for three days.
(b) To have his eye cast out.
(c) To have his hand cut off.
(d) To have his own bone broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?

2. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?

3. The Aztec Empire ruled how many different tribes and peoples?

4. What other object did coins replace when they came along in history?

5. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?

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