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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. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?
(a) The Age of Innocence.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(d) Pippi Longstocking.

2. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?
(a) From 60,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago.
(b) From 75,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.
(c) From 150,000 years ago to 45,000 years ago.
(d) From 90,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.

3. Biologists classify organisms into what?
(a) Families.
(b) Species.
(c) Types.
(d) Phyla.

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

5. 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 speak about fictions.
(c) The ability to communicate about danger.
(d) The ability to use voice intonation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?

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

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

4. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?

5. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?

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