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

2. To what event is Harari referring when he names Chapter 5 History's Biggest Fraud?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The Clean Energy Revolution.
(c) The Cognitive Revolution.
(d) The Agricultural Revolution.

3. What did NOT appear during the Cognitive Revolution?
(a) Danger alert systems.
(b) Myths.
(c) Gods.
(d) Legends.

4. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?
(a) America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Australia.
(d) Asia.

5. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 4,000 BC.
(b) 5,000 BC.
(c) 3,000 BC.
(d) 8,000 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?

2. To whom does Harari allude when discussing "an objective phenomenon" (116)?

3. Harari uses the example of a child's imaginary friend to demonstrate the qualities of what term?

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

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

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