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

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

3. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?
(a) Ancient Mayans.
(b) Ancient Incas.
(c) Ancient Babylonians.
(d) Ancient Aztecs.

4. Who was the author of the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Plato.
(c) Pythagoras.
(d) Francis Bacon.

5. In 1800, the world was home to about how many humans?
(a) 250 million.
(b) 70 million.
(c) 950 million.
(d) 600 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the first commercial train service begin operating between Liverpool and Manchester?

3. Harari asserts that what element "might endanger the survival of Home sapiens itself" (351)?

4. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?

5. To what musician does Harari allude when providing an example of a consumer tribe?

(see the answer key)

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