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

2. About how long ago did the Agricultural Revolution occur?
(a) 50,000 years ago.
(b) 25,000 years ago.
(c) 10,000 years ago.
(d) 5,000 years ago.

3. What dynasty united China in 221 BC?
(a) The Ming dynasty.
(b) The Sui dynasty.
(c) The Shang dynasty.
(d) The Qin dynasty.

4. In what millenium does Harari assert that people began to believe that a single order could rule all of humanity?
(a) The First Millennium BC.
(b) The Second Millennium BC.
(c) The First Millennium AD.
(d) The Third Millennium BC.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the first century AD, how many million foragers remained on earth?

2. When stating that "modern science differs from all previous traditions of knowledge in three major ways" (250), Harari states that one quality of modern science is "its centrality of observation" (251) and its centrality of what other element?

3. What is NOT listed among the elements that qualify a political order as an empire?

4. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?

5. Prior to 1500, what two fields were considered to be entirely separate from one another?

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