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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 "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?
(a) The ability to solve complex problems.
(b) The ability to communicate about danger.
(c) The ability to speak about fictions.
(d) The ability to use voice intonation.

2. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?
(a) Ebony.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Jade.
(d) Ivory.

3. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?
(a) 50,000 years ago.
(b) 150,000 years ago.
(c) 12 million years ago.
(d) 2 million years ago.

4. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?
(a) 12,000 BC.
(b) 6,000 BC.
(c) 24,000 BC.
(d) 36,000 BC.

5. Sapiens began to drive other human species into extinction and to take over the rest of the planet how long ago?
(a) 20,000 years ago.
(b) 40,000 years ago.
(c) 10,000 years ago.
(d) 70,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?

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

3. To what object does the author refer when writing that the object represents a person trying to announce their presence to the world?

4. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?

5. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?

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