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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 defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?
(a) Double column bookkeeping.
(b) Transcription.
(c) Writing.
(d) Record-keeping.

2. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?
(a) Limestone.
(b) Jade.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Ebony.

3. 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)?
(a) The imagined order is subjective.
(b) The imagined order shapes our desires.
(c) The imagined order is inter-subjective.
(d) The imagined order is embedded in the material world.

4. More than what percentage of the calories that feed humanity come from plants domesticated by our ancestors between 9,500 and 3,500 BC?
(a) 30.
(b) 90.
(c) 60.
(d) 75.

5. 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) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) Pippi Longstocking.
(d) The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?

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

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

5. In a band of 50 individuals, Harari states that there are how many one-on-one relationships?

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