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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. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?
(a) Asia and Eastern Europe.
(b) North America and South America.
(c) Europe and West Asia.
(d) Europe and West Africa.

2. Voltaire said that "there is no" what, while instructing the listener not to "tell that to" his servant "least he murder" (110) Voltaire in the night?
(a) Food left.
(b) Justice.
(c) God.
(d) Basis for social stratification.

3. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?
(a) They drove the Neanderthals to extinction.
(b) They carved the Stadel lion-man.
(c) They settled Australia.
(d) They created thousands of cave etchings.

4. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?
(a) 50,000 years.
(b) 12 million years.
(c) 2 million years.
(d) 10 million years.

5. 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) Geographical information.
(d) Topographical information.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Before the transition to agriculture, earth was home to about how many nomadic foragers?

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

4. 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)?

5. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?

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