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

2. 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.

3. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?
(a) Animals.
(b) A peaceful species.
(c) Foragers.
(d) Farmers.

4. Horses had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 2,000 BC.
(b) 3,000 BC.
(c) 1,000 BC.
(d) 4,000 BC.

5. By what year does Harari assert that "the main wave of domestication was over" (77)?
(a) 9,000 BC.
(b) 3,500 BC.
(c) 5,000 BC.
(d) 1,000 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?

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

3. What sport does Harari use to demonstrate his point about a shared set of rules?

4. Wheat and goats had been domesticated by what year in history?

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

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