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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. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?
(a) 400,000 years ago.
(b) 4 million years ago.
(c) 40,000 years ago.
(d) 4000 years ago.

2. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?
(a) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(b) 2,000 years.
(c) 10,000 years.
(d) Tens of thousands of years.

3. To what musician does Harari allude when providing an example of a consumer tribe?
(a) Madonna.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) The Weeknd.
(d) Eminem.

4. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?
(a) 400,000 years.
(b) 4 million years.
(c) 4,000 years.
(d) 40,000 years.

5. To what object does the author refer when writing that the object represents a person trying to announce their presence to the world?
(a) A piece of pottery.
(b) A human footprint.
(c) An obelisk.
(d) A human handprint.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of the world did the ancient Sumerians live?

2. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?

3. What other object did coins replace when they came along in history?

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

5. In what millenium does Harari assert that people began to believe that a single order could rule all of humanity?

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