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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 18-20 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harari defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?
(a) Writing.
(b) Double column bookkeeping.
(c) Transcription.
(d) Record-keeping.

2. The people of what country invented gunpowder?
(a) France.
(b) Mexico.
(c) China.
(d) Italy.

3. Whom does Harari name as the culprit behind the negative effects of the Agricultural Revolution on Homo sapiens?
(a) The merchant class.
(b) Religion.
(c) A handful of plant species.
(d) Monarchies.

4. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?
(a) Tens of thousands of years.
(b) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(c) 2,000 years.
(d) 10,000 years.

5. What does Harari NOT list among the "premodern traditions of knowledge" he discusses?
(a) Confucianism.
(b) Scientology.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari uses apples to point out the shortcomings in what system?

2. Harari states that a typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to how many types of sweet foods?

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

4. Biologists classify organisms into what?

5. Among the first things broadcast on radio stations were what?

(see the answer key)

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