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

2. Whom does Harari name as the culprit behind the negative effects of the Agricultural Revolution on Homo sapiens?
(a) Monarchies.
(b) A handful of plant species.
(c) The merchant class.
(d) Religion.

3. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?
(a) Commoners.
(b) Superior people.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Gods.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long ago did the Agricultural Revolution occur?

2. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?

3. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?

4. What does Harari describe as "insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment"?

5. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?

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