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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. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?
(a) Phylum.
(b) Breed.
(c) Genus.
(d) Family.

2. The Aztec Empire ruled how many different tribes and peoples?
(a) 276.
(b) 48.
(c) 371.
(d) 189.

3. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?
(a) Homo erectus.
(b) Homo sapiens.
(c) Homo neanderthalensis.
(d) Homo rudolfensis.

4. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?
(a) The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) The Age of Innocence.
(d) Pippi Longstocking.

5. In what year was King Richard the Lionheart struck by an arrow, leading to his death two weeks later?
(a) 1199.
(b) 1599.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1399.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?

2. History's first known money consisted of what material?

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

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

5. Harari uses a discussion of the coin termed "the millares" (173) to illustrate what principle?

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