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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Harari describe as "insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment"?
(a) Woolly Mammoths.
(b) Troglodytes.
(c) Prehistoric humans.
(d) Homo sapiens.

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

4. 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) 6 million years ago.
(b) 9 million years ago.
(c) 30 million years ago.
(d) 2 million years ago.

5. To what object does the author refer when writing that the object represents a person trying to announce their presence to the world?
(a) A human footprint.
(b) An obelisk.
(c) A piece of pottery.
(d) A human handprint.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?

2. What is the only creature on Earth who "can speak about things that don't really exist" (24)?

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

4. How long ago did the Big Bang take place?

5. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?

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