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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 18-20 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harari NOT list as a factor that prevents "people from realising that the order organising our lives exists only in their imagination" (112)?
(a) The imagined order is subjective.
(b) The imagined order shapes our desires.
(c) The imagined order is inter-subjective.
(d) The imagined order is embedded in the material world.

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

3. On what human quality does Chapter 20 focus its discussion?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Peace.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Wealth.

4. More than what percentage of all money in the world "exists only on computer servers" (178)?
(a) 90.
(b) 40.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harari NOT provide as an example of an imagined order?

2. The first coins in history were created around what year?

3. By what year does Harari assert that "the main wave of domestication was over" (77)?

4. About how many cattle are there in the world, according to Harari?

5. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?

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