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

2. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?
(a) 6,000 BC.
(b) 36,000 BC.
(c) 24,000 BC.
(d) 12,000 BC.

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

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

5. 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 belong to a family.
(c) Homo sapiens evolved from apes.
(d) Homo sapiens can survive on other planets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?

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

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

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

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

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