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

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

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

4. 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 Afro-Asian landmass.
(c) On the landmass of the Americas.
(d) On the Euro-Asian landmass.

5. What is NOT one of the negative effects Harari describes when stating the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
(a) It caused great harm to the environment.
(b) It resulted in a loss of variety and stimulation in the lives of Homo sapiens.
(c) It put Homo sapiens at greater risk of starvation and disease.
(d) It robbed Homo sapiens of their leisure time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harari NOT list as a factor that prevents "people from realising that the order organising our lives exists only in their imagination" (112)?

2. During the last million years, there has been an Ice Age how frequently, on average?

3. 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?

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

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

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