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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. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term Sapiens to refer to whom?
(a) All extant members of the genus Homo.
(b) The ancestors of chimpanzees.
(c) Members of the species Homo sapiens.
(d) Creatures with opposable thumbs.

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

3. To what musician does Harari allude when providing an example of a consumer tribe?
(a) Eminem.
(b) Madonna.
(c) Michael Jackson.
(d) The Weeknd.

4. Harari asserts that "The Agricultural Revolution made" what element of the human condition "more important than it had ever been before" (100)?
(a) The future.
(b) Existentialist ideals.
(c) The present.
(d) The past.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?

2. Harari defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?

3. Harari asserts that barley has what type of intrinsic value?

4. Harari describes the seven decades that have passed since World War II as characterizing a high level of what?

5. In what year was King Richard the Lionheart struck by an arrow, leading to his death two weeks later?

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