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

2. The Australian World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?
(a) Most of western South America.
(b) Australia and eastern Asia.
(c) Only the continent of Australia.
(d) Most of Central America and parts of North America.

3. In 2000, the world was home to about how many humans?
(a) 7 billion.
(b) 6 billion.
(c) 5 billion.
(d) 8 billion.

4. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?
(a) 23.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?

2. To what event is Harari referring when he names Chapter 5 History's Biggest Fraud?

3. The combined mass of "all domesticated farmyard animals" (350) would equal how many tons?

4. Harari states that a typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to how many types of sweet foods?

5. If today's human population were weighed on a scale, what would be the combined weight?

(see the answer key)

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