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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?
(a) The Age of Innocence.
(b) Pippi Longstocking.
(c) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) The Picture of Dorian Gray.

2. Harari states that a typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to how many types of sweet foods?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?

2. What does Harari NOT list as a factor that prevents "people from realising that the order organising our lives exists only in their imagination" (112)?

3. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?

4. Harari asserts that "no noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last" (77) how many years?

5. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?

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