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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 does Harari describe as "insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment"?
(a) Woolly Mammoths.
(b) Prehistoric humans.
(c) Troglodytes.
(d) Homo sapiens.

2. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?
(a) The colonization of Africa.
(b) The colonization of a large number of small and isolated islands to the north of Australia.
(c) The colonization of Antarctica.
(d) The colonization of Australia 45,000 years ago.

3. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?
(a) 10,000 years.
(b) Tens of thousands of years.
(c) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(d) 2,000 years.

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

5. 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 Afro-Asian landmass.
(c) On the Austral-Asian landmass.
(d) On the landmass of the Americas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?

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

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

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

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