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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. Which revolution took place in 1848?
(a) The liberal revolution.
(b) The Scientific Revolution.
(c) The Russian Revolution.
(d) The Cognitive Revolution.

2. The combined mass of "all surviving large wild animals is less than" (350) how many tons?
(a) Less than 100 million.
(b) Less than 300 million.
(c) Less than 10 million.
(d) Less than 10 billion.

3. History's first known money consisted of what material?
(a) Silk.
(b) Barley.
(c) Copper.
(d) Gold.

4. For how long did humans feed themselves "by gathering plants and hunting animals that lived and bred without their intervention" (77)?
(a) 1 million years.
(b) 25 million years.
(c) 30 million years.
(d) 2.5 million years.

5. More than what percentage of the calories that feed humanity come from plants domesticated by our ancestors between 9,500 and 3,500 BC?
(a) 60.
(b) 75.
(c) 90.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sum total of banknotes and coins existing in the world, according to Harari, is what?

2. How does Harari define elements of society such as prisons and concentration camps?

3. What does Harari assert is the key to understanding a particular culture?

4. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?

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

(see the answer key)

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