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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. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?
(a) 2,000 years.
(b) Tens of thousands of years.
(c) 10,000 years.
(d) Hundreds of thousands of years.

2. Who invaded and brought an end to the Song Empire?
(a) The Aztecs.
(b) The Incas.
(c) The Ottomans.
(d) The Mongols.

3. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?
(a) The saber-toothed tiger.
(b) The woolly mammoth.
(c) The diprotodon.
(d) The super kangaroo.

4. 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 use voice intonation.
(c) The ability to solve complex problems.
(d) The ability to speak about fictions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The sum total of money throughout the world, according to Harari, is what?

2. Harari states that money is based on what two universal principles?

3. Who was the author of the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument?

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

5. What is the meaning of the term quipu?

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