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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 Afro-Asian landmass.
(b) On the Euro-Asian landmass.
(c) On the landmass of the Americas.
(d) On the Austral-Asian landmass.

2. Harari describes an important moment long ago when "a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is our own grandmother" (5). How long ago did this occur?
(a) 30 million years ago.
(b) 2 million years ago.
(c) 9 million years ago.
(d) 6 million years ago.

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 past.
(d) The future.

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

5. What does Harari NOT provide as an example of an imagined order?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) The opioid crisis.
(d) Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?

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

4. Horses had been domesticated by what year in history?

5. Before the transition to agriculture, earth was home to about how many nomadic foragers?

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