1. The Code of Hammurabi stated that if one man were to break another man's bone, his punishment would be what?
(a) To have his hand cut off.
(b) To act as the victim's servant for three days.
(c) To have his own bone broken.
(d) To have his eye cast out.

2. Which revolution took place in 1917?
(a) The liberal revolution.
(b) The Russian Revolution.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The French Revolution.

3. The first coins in history were created around what year?
(a) 640 BC.
(b) 1139 BC.
(c) 240 BC.
(d) 120 BC.

4. How many years ago did an asteroid wipe out the dinosaurs?
(a) 40 million.
(b) 6 million.
(c) 15 million.
(d) 65 million.

5. About how many giraffes are there in the world, according to Harari?
(a) 800,000.
(b) 8 million.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 8,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When stating that "modern science differs from all previous traditions of knowledge in three major ways" (250), Harari states that one quality of modern science is "its centrality of observation" (251) and its centrality of what other element?

2. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?

3. The Australian World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?

4. By 1450 AD, what percentage of earth's inhabitants lived within a "single mega-world" (167)?

5. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?

(see the answer key)

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