1. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?
(a) 10,000 years.
(b) 2,000 years.
(c) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(d) Tens of thousands of years.

2. 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) 90.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 75.

3. Harari asserts that "The Agricultural Revolution made" what element of the human condition "more important than it had ever been before" (100)?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) Existentialist ideals.
(d) The present.

4. 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) The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(d) Pippi Longstocking.

5. What does Harari describe as "insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment"?
(a) Prehistoric humans.
(b) Woolly Mammoths.
(c) Troglodytes.
(d) Homo sapiens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari describes an important moment long ago when "a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is our own grandmother" (5). How long ago did this occur?

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

3. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?

4. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?

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

(see the answer key)

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