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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. In what part of the world did the ancient Sumerians live?
(a) Northern Mesopotamia.
(b) Northern Rome.
(c) Southern Mesopotamia.
(d) Eastern Greece.

2. The sum total of banknotes and coins existing in the world, according to Harari, is what?
(a) Less than 1 trillion dollars.
(b) Less than 3 billion dollars.
(c) Less than 900 million dollars.
(d) Less than 6 trillion dollars.

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

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

5. How long ago did the Big Bang take place?
(a) 45 trillion years ago.
(b) 80 million years ago.
(c) 6.5 billion years ago.
(d) 13.5 billion years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Aztec Empire ruled how many different tribes and peoples?

2. Harari states that "Today anyone with" what kind of income "can safely and easily circumnavigate the globe" (248)?

3. What connection does Harari draw between the state and the market, and the individual?

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

5. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?

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