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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. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?
(a) On the Euro-Asian landmass.
(b) On the Austral-Asian landmass.
(c) On the Afro-Asian landmass.
(d) On the landmass of the Americas.

2. During the last million years, there has been an Ice Age how frequently, on average?
(a) Every 10,000 years.
(b) Every 100,000 years.
(c) Every 250,000 years.
(d) Every 50,000 years.

3. Harari asserts that "The Agricultural Revolution made" what element of the human condition "more important than it had ever been before" (100)?
(a) The present.
(b) Existentialist ideals.
(c) The future.
(d) The past.

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

5. Wheat and goats had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 4,000 BC.
(b) 3,000 BC.
(c) 9,000 BC.
(d) 5,000 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari uses the example of a child's imaginary friend to demonstrate the qualities of what term?

2. How does Harari define elements of society such as prisons and concentration camps?

3. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?

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

5. Biologists classify organisms into what?

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