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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. Sapiens began to drive other human species into extinction and to take over the rest of the planet how long ago?
(a) 70,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) 40,000 years ago.
(d) 20,000 years ago.

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

3. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?
(a) Over three million.
(b) Over three million.
(c) Over one million.
(d) Over six million.

4. What is NOT one of the negative effects Harari describes when stating the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
(a) It resulted in a loss of variety and stimulation in the lives of Homo sapiens.
(b) It put Homo sapiens at greater risk of starvation and disease.
(c) It caused great harm to the environment.
(d) It robbed Homo sapiens of their leisure time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The measurement called a sila was equivalent to how many gallons?

2. The Athenian Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?

3. The title of the Afterword included at the conclusion of Sapiens is The Animal That Became a what?

4. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?

5. Harari names the current time as "the first period in history that the world is dominated by" (374) an elite class that loves what element?

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