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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) Peace.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Happiness.

2. What two elements does the author point to as "depleting the globe's reservoirs of contentment" (384)?
(a) Mass media and the geopolitical climate.
(b) Religion and the rise of consumerism.
(c) Mass media and the advertising industry.
(d) The advertising industry and the geopolitical climate.

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

4. What does Harari NOT provide as an example of an imagined order?
(a) Christianity.
(b) The opioid crisis.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Democracy.

5. Biologists classify organisms into what?
(a) Types.
(b) Phyla.
(c) Families.
(d) Species.

Short Answer Questions

1. Biological poverty is defined by Harari as what?

2. Which revolution took place in 1848?

3. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?

4. 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)?

5. How many years did the journey take when Magellan circumnavigated the earth for the first time?

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