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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 mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?
(a) 40,000 years.
(b) 400,000 years.
(c) 4 million years.
(d) 4,000 years.

2. What is NOT provided as an example of a full script?
(a) Braille.
(b) Latin script.
(c) The Hammurabi Code.
(d) Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

3. About how long ago did the Agricultural Revolution occur?
(a) 25,000 years ago.
(b) 5,000 years ago.
(c) 50,000 years ago.
(d) 10,000 years ago.

4. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?
(a) They are able to produce fertile offspring.
(b) They share the same DNA traits.
(c) They are physically able to mate.
(d) They are able to communicate with one another.

5. Voltaire said that "there is no" what, while instructing the listener not to "tell that to" his servant "least he murder" (110) Voltaire in the night?
(a) Justice.
(b) Food left.
(c) Basis for social stratification.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what year does Harari assert that "the main wave of domestication was over" (77)?

3. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?

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

5. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?

(see the answer key)

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