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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 asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?
(a) On the Austral-Asian landmass.
(b) On the landmass of the Americas.
(c) On the Euro-Asian landmass.
(d) On the Afro-Asian landmass.

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

3. By what year does Harari assert that "the main wave of domestication was over" (77)?
(a) 5,000 BC.
(b) 9,000 BC.
(c) 3,500 BC.
(d) 1,000 BC.

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

5. During the last million years, there has been an Ice Age how frequently, on average?
(a) Every 10,000 years.
(b) Every 100,000 years.
(c) Every 50,000 years.
(d) Every 250,000 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?

2. Whom does Harari name as the culprit behind the negative effects of the Agricultural Revolution on Homo sapiens?

3. Part Three of Sapiens is entitled "The" what "of Humankind" (162)?

4. Which "world" (168) "swallowed up all of the other worlds" (168) within a span of 300 years?

5. Harari's purpose for including an image of the Declaration of Independence of the United States is to define the United States using what term?

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