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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?
(a) The ability to communicate about danger.
(b) The ability to speak about fictions.
(c) The ability to solve complex problems.
(d) The ability to use voice intonation.

2. Around what year did the first money appear in the world?
(a) 3000 BC.
(b) 500 AD.
(c) 2000 BC.
(d) 4000 BC.

3. Most scholars of culture have concluded that every culture's "typical beliefs, norms, and values" (163) are what?
(a) Understood by all members of the culture.
(b) In constant flux.
(c) Static.
(d) Recorded for all within the culture to see.

4. Whom does Harari name as the culprit behind the negative effects of the Agricultural Revolution on Homo sapiens?
(a) A handful of plant species.
(b) Religion.
(c) The merchant class.
(d) Monarchies.

5. 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 150,000 years ago to 45,000 years ago.
(c) From 60,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago.
(d) From 90,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?

2. In what year did Hernan Cortes and his conquistadors invade Mexico?

3. Harari uses apples to point out the shortcomings in what system?

4. What does Harari describe as "insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment"?

5. Harari defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?

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