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

2. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?
(a) All extant members of the genus Homo.
(b) Members of the species Homo sapiens.
(c) The ancestors of chimpanzees.
(d) Creatures with opposable thumbs.

3. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?
(a) They drove the Neanderthals to extinction.
(b) They carved the Stadel lion-man.
(c) They created thousands of cave etchings.
(d) They settled Australia.

4. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?
(a) Between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago.
(b) Between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago.
(c) Between 100,000 and 20,000 years ago.
(d) Between 70,000 and 30,000 years ago.

5. 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) Pippi Longstocking.
(c) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?

2. What is the only creature on Earth who "can speak about things that don't really exist" (24)?

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

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?

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

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