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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. How long ago did the Big Bang take place?
(a) 45 trillion years ago.
(b) 80 million years ago.
(c) 6.5 billion years ago.
(d) 13.5 billion years ago.

2. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?
(a) 40,000 years ago.
(b) 4 million years ago.
(c) 4000 years ago.
(d) 400,000 years ago.

3. The Code of Hammurabi was written in what year?
(a) 1352 BC.
(b) 1776 AD.
(c) 1352 AD.
(d) 1776 BC.

4. In what part of the world did the ancient Sumerians live?
(a) Eastern Greece.
(b) Southern Mesopotamia.
(c) Northern Rome.
(d) Northern Mesopotamia.

5. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?
(a) On the Austral-Asian landmass.
(b) On the landmass of the Americas.
(c) On the Euro-Asian landmass.
(d) On the Afro-Asian landmass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Before the transition to agriculture, earth was home to about how many nomadic foragers?

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

4. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?

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

(see the answer key)

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