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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 provided as an example of a full script?
(a) The Hammurabi Code.
(b) Braille.
(c) Latin script.
(d) Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

2. Harari asserts that "no noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last" (77) how many years?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 4,000.

3. Sapiens began to drive other human species into extinction and to take over the rest of the planet how long ago?
(a) 20,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) 40,000 years ago.
(d) 70,000 years ago.

4. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?
(a) Africa.
(b) Australia.
(c) Asia.
(d) America.

5. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?
(a) The ability to communicate about danger.
(b) The ability to speak about fictions.
(c) The ability to use voice intonation.
(d) The ability to solve complex problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari uses the example of a child's imaginary friend to demonstrate the qualities of what term?

2. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?

3. Harari's purpose for including an image of the Declaration of Independence of the United States is to define the United States using what term?

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

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

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