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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. To whom does Harari allude when discussing "an objective phenomenon" (116)?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Marie Curie.
(c) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) Louis Pasteur.

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?
(a) Letters.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Topographical information.
(d) Geographical information.

3. What is the only creature on Earth who "can speak about things that don't really exist" (24)?
(a) Chimpanzees.
(b) Homo sapiens.
(c) Neanderthals.
(d) Humans.

4. To what object does the author refer when writing that the object represents a person trying to announce their presence to the world?
(a) A piece of pottery.
(b) An obelisk.
(c) A human handprint.
(d) A human footprint.

5. The Code of Hammurabi was written in what year?
(a) 1352 AD.
(b) 1776 BC.
(c) 1776 AD.
(d) 1352 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?

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

3. Wheat and goats had been domesticated by what year in history?

4. Harari states that a typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to how many types of sweet foods?

5. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?

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