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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. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?
(a) 40,000 years ago.
(b) 400,000 years ago.
(c) 4 million years ago.
(d) 4000 years ago.

2. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?
(a) All extant members of the genus Homo.
(b) Members of the species Homo sapiens.
(c) Creatures with opposable thumbs.
(d) The ancestors of chimpanzees.

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

4. How long ago did the Big Bang take place?
(a) 6.5 billion years ago.
(b) 13.5 billion years ago.
(c) 45 trillion years ago.
(d) 80 million years ago.

5. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?
(a) Asia and Eastern Europe.
(b) North America and South America.
(c) Europe and West Africa.
(d) Europe and West Asia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?

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

4. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?

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

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