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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sapiens began to drive other human species into extinction and to take over the rest of the planet how long ago?
(a) 40,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) 70,000 years ago.
(d) 20,000 years ago.

2. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?
(a) 12,000 BC.
(b) 6,000 BC.
(c) 24,000 BC.
(d) 36,000 BC.

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

4. Harari states that "When complex societies began to appear in the wake of the Agricultural Revolution, a completely new type of information became vital" (121). What was this new type of information?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Geographical information.
(c) Letters.
(d) Topographical information.

5. Harari describes an important moment long ago when "a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is our own grandmother" (5). How long ago did this occur?
(a) 6 million years ago.
(b) 30 million years ago.
(c) 2 million years ago.
(d) 9 million years ago.

6. 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 human footprint.
(b) A piece of pottery.
(c) A human handprint.
(d) An obelisk.

7. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?
(a) Over three million.
(b) Over six million.
(c) Over three million.
(d) Over one million.

8. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?
(a) Africa.
(b) The Middle East.
(c) South America.
(d) Australia.

9. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?
(a) From 150,000 years ago to 45,000 years ago.
(b) From 60,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago.
(c) From 90,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.
(d) From 75,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.

10. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?
(a) They settled Australia.
(b) They carved the Stadel lion-man.
(c) They created thousands of cave etchings.
(d) They drove the Neanderthals to extinction.

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

12. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?
(a) 10 million years.
(b) 2 million years.
(c) 50,000 years.
(d) 12 million years.

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

14. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?
(a) The ability to speak about fictions.
(b) The ability to use voice intonation.
(c) The ability to communicate about danger.
(d) The ability to solve complex problems.

15. What sport does Harari use to demonstrate his point about a shared set of rules?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Soccer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harari NOT provide as an example of an imagined order?

2. Voltaire said that "there is no" what, while instructing the listener not to "tell that to" his servant "least he murder" (110) Voltaire in the night?

3. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?

4. Harari's purpose for including an image of the Declaration of Independence of the United States is to define the United States using what term?

5. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?

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