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

2. 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?
(a) 30 million years ago.
(b) 2 million years ago.
(c) 9 million years ago.
(d) 6 million years ago.

3. What dynasty united China in 221 BC?
(a) The Qin dynasty.
(b) The Shang dynasty.
(c) The Sui dynasty.
(d) The Ming dynasty.

4. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
(a) Homo sapiens evolved from apes.
(b) Homo sapiens belong to a family.
(c) Homo sapiens can survive on other planets.
(d) Homo sapiens invented language.

5. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?
(a) Ancient Mayans.
(b) Ancient Babylonians.
(c) Ancient Incas.
(d) Ancient Aztecs.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?

2. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?

3. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?

4. What does Harari NOT provide as an example of an imagined order?

5. Voltaire said that "there is no" what, while instructing the listener not to "tell that to" his servant "least he murder" (110) Voltaire in the night?

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