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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. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?
(a) Homo neanderthalensis.
(b) Homo erectus.
(c) Homo rudolfensis.
(d) Homo sapiens.

2. In a band of 50 individuals, Harari states that there are how many one-on-one relationships?
(a) 6,230.
(b) 1,225.
(c) 2,220.
(d) 865.

3. What is the only creature on Earth who "can speak about things that don't really exist" (24)?
(a) Homo sapiens.
(b) Neanderthals.
(c) Chimpanzees.
(d) Humans.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?

2. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?

3. During the last million years, there has been an Ice Age how frequently, on average?

4. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?

5. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?

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