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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the author of the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) Plato.
(d) Galileo.

2. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?
(a) 24,000 BC.
(b) 36,000 BC.
(c) 6,000 BC.
(d) 12,000 BC.

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

4. The sum total of money throughout the world, according to Harari, is what?
(a) 90 billion dollars.
(b) 22 trillion dollars.
(c) 60 trillion dollars.
(d) 523 trillion dollars.

5. Horses had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 4,000 BC.
(b) 1,000 BC.
(c) 3,000 BC.
(d) 2,000 BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Code of Hammurabi stated that if one man were to break another man's bone, his punishment would be what?

2. For what purpose did the inventing country of gunpowder originally use their new invention for many years?

3. How long ago did the Big Bang take place?

4. More than what percentage of all money in the world "exists only on computer servers" (178)?

5. The Athenian Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?

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