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

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?

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

3. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?

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

5. To what object does the author refer when writing that the object represents a person trying to announce their presence to the world?

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