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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. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?
(a) 150,000 years ago.
(b) 50,000 years ago.
(c) 12 million years ago.
(d) 2 million years ago.

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

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

4. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?
(a) The colonization of Australia 45,000 years ago.
(b) The colonization of Africa.
(c) The colonization of a large number of small and isolated islands to the north of Australia.
(d) The colonization of Antarctica.

5. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term Sapiens to refer to whom?
(a) Members of the species Homo sapiens.
(b) All extant members of the genus Homo.
(c) Creatures with opposable thumbs.
(d) The ancestors of chimpanzees.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what event is Harari referring when he names Chapter 5 History's Biggest Fraud?

2. To what object does the author refer when writing that the object represents a person trying to announce their presence to the world?

3. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?

4. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?

5. What is NOT one of the negative effects Harari describes when stating the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?

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