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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 states that a typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to how many types of sweet foods?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. To whom does Harari allude when discussing "an objective phenomenon" (116)?
(a) Mollie Burkhart.
(b) Marie Curie.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Louis Pasteur.

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

4. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?
(a) Gods.
(b) Superior people.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Commoners.

5. 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 republic.
(b) A community of communicators.
(c) A nation.
(d) A cooperation network.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?

2. In a band of 50 individuals, Harari states that there are how many one-on-one relationships?

3. Harari defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?

4. Harari asserts that "no noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last" (77) how many years?

5. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?

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