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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. What is NOT one of the negative effects Harari describes when stating the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
(a) It caused great harm to the environment.
(b) It put Homo sapiens at greater risk of starvation and disease.
(c) It resulted in a loss of variety and stimulation in the lives of Homo sapiens.
(d) It robbed Homo sapiens of their leisure time.

2. What did NOT appear during the Cognitive Revolution?
(a) Legends.
(b) Danger alert systems.
(c) Myths.
(d) Gods.

3. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?
(a) The super kangaroo.
(b) The woolly mammoth.
(c) The saber-toothed tiger.
(d) The diprotodon.

4. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?
(a) Africa.
(b) The Middle East.
(c) South America.
(d) Australia.

5. By what year does Harari assert that "the main wave of domestication was over" (77)?
(a) 1,000 BC.
(b) 5,000 BC.
(c) 9,000 BC.
(d) 3,500 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?

2. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?

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

4. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?

5. To whom does Harari allude when discussing "an objective phenomenon" (116)?

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