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

2. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
(a) Homo sapiens invented language.
(b) Homo sapiens evolved from apes.
(c) Homo sapiens can survive on other planets.
(d) Homo sapiens belong to a family.

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

4. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?
(a) A peaceful species.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Animals.
(d) Foragers.

5. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?
(a) The saber-toothed tiger.
(b) The diprotodon.
(c) The woolly mammoth.
(d) The super kangaroo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?

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

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

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

5. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?

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