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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?
(a) Ancient Babylonians.
(b) Ancient Aztecs.
(c) Ancient Incas.
(d) Ancient Mayans.

2. Harari describes an important moment long ago when "a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is our own grandmother" (5). How long ago did this occur?
(a) 2 million years ago.
(b) 6 million years ago.
(c) 9 million years ago.
(d) 30 million years ago.

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

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

5. What does Harari describe as "insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment"?
(a) Homo sapiens.
(b) Troglodytes.
(c) Woolly Mammoths.
(d) Prehistoric humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?

2. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?

3. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?

4. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?

5. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?

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