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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. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?
(a) Family.
(b) Breed.
(c) Genus.
(d) Phylum.

2. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?
(a) On the Euro-Asian landmass.
(b) On the landmass of the Americas.
(c) On the Afro-Asian landmass.
(d) On the Austral-Asian landmass.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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