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

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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?
(a) 9 million years ago.
(b) 30 million years ago.
(c) 2 million years ago.
(d) 6 million years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?

2. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?

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

4. What does Harari describe as "insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment"?

5. During the last million years, there has been an Ice Age how frequently, on average?

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