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

2. 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.

3. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?
(a) From 75,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.
(b) From 60,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago.
(c) From 90,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.
(d) From 150,000 years ago to 45,000 years ago.

4. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?
(a) Between 100,000 and 20,000 years ago.
(b) Between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago.
(c) Between 70,000 and 30,000 years ago.
(d) Between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago.

5. By what year does Harari assert that "the main wave of domestication was over" (77)?
(a) 9,000 BC.
(b) 5,000 BC.
(c) 3,500 BC.
(d) 1,000 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?

2. Harari states that "When complex societies began to appear in the wake of the Agricultural Revolution, a completely new type of information became vital" (121). What was this new type of information?

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

4. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?

5. How does Harari define elements of society such as prisons and concentration camps?

(see the answer key)

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