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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 assert is the key to understanding a particular culture?
(a) Understanding that all cultures embrace a sense of unity.
(b) Understanding that all cultures embrace internal contradictions.
(c) Understanding that all cultures embrace a form of power structure.
(d) Understanding that all cultures embrace specific jargon.

2. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?
(a) The colonization of a large number of small and isolated islands to the north of Australia.
(b) The colonization of Antarctica.
(c) The colonization of Australia 45,000 years ago.
(d) The colonization of Africa.

3. Who invaded and brought an end to the Song Empire?
(a) The Incas.
(b) The Aztecs.
(c) The Mongols.
(d) The Ottomans.

4. The Code of Hammurabi was written in what year?
(a) 1776 BC.
(b) 1776 AD.
(c) 1352 BC.
(d) 1352 AD.

5. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?
(a) 50,000 years.
(b) 12 million years.
(c) 2 million years.
(d) 10 million years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a particular science to be designated as an exact science?

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

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

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

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

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