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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. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 8,000 BC.
(b) 3,000 BC.
(c) 4,000 BC.
(d) 5,000 BC.

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

3. The Code of Hammurabi was written in what year?
(a) 1352 BC.
(b) 1776 BC.
(c) 1352 AD.
(d) 1776 AD.

4. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?
(a) Between 100,000 and 20,000 years ago.
(b) Between 70,000 and 30,000 years ago.
(c) Between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago.
(d) Between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago.

5. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?
(a) From 75,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.
(b) From 90,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.
(c) From 60,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago.
(d) From 150,000 years ago to 45,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?

2. To whom does Harari allude when discussing "an objective phenomenon" (116)?

3. What is NOT provided as an example of a full script?

4. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?

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

(see the answer key)

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