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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. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?
(a) Breed.
(b) Phylum.
(c) Genus.
(d) Family.

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

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

4. Biologists classify organisms into what?
(a) Phyla.
(b) Types.
(c) Species.
(d) Families.

5. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?
(a) 12 million years.
(b) 2 million years.
(c) 10 million years.
(d) 50,000 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that a typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to how many types of sweet foods?

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

5. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?

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