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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. In a band of 50 individuals, Harari states that there are how many one-on-one relationships?
(a) 865.
(b) 6,230.
(c) 2,220.
(d) 1,225.

2. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?
(a) Marduk.
(b) Murabi.
(c) Enlil.
(d) Anu.

3. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?
(a) Ancient Babylonians.
(b) Ancient Aztecs.
(c) Ancient Mayans.
(d) Ancient Incas.

4. For how long did humans feed themselves "by gathering plants and hunting animals that lived and bred without their intervention" (77)?
(a) 1 million years.
(b) 30 million years.
(c) 25 million years.
(d) 2.5 million years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?

2. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?

3. 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?

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

5. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?

(see the answer key)

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