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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. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?
(a) 4 million years.
(b) 400,000 years.
(c) 4,000 years.
(d) 40,000 years.

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

3. 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 Austral-Asian landmass.
(d) On the Afro-Asian landmass.

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

5. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?
(a) 23.
(b) 8.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Biologists classify organisms into what?

3. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?

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

5. Sapiens began to drive other human species into extinction and to take over the rest of the planet how long ago?

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