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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?
(a) Anu.
(b) Enlil.
(c) Marduk.
(d) Murabi.

2. By the first century AD, how many million foragers remained on earth?
(a) Between 5 and 6 million.
(b) Between 250,000 and 750,000.
(c) Between 6 and 8 million.
(d) Between 1 and 2 million.

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

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

5. By what year does Harari assert that "the main wave of domestication was over" (77)?
(a) 9,000 BC.
(b) 5,000 BC.
(c) 1,000 BC.
(d) 3,500 BC.

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

7. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?
(a) Superior people.
(b) Gods.
(c) Commoners.
(d) Slaves.

8. What does Harari NOT provide as an example of an imagined order?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Democracy.
(d) The opioid crisis.

9. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?
(a) The colonization of a large number of small and isolated islands to the north of Australia.
(b) The colonization of Australia 45,000 years ago.
(c) The colonization of Africa.
(d) The colonization of Antarctica.

10. Harari states that a typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to how many types of sweet foods?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

11. Whom does Harari name as the culprit behind the negative effects of the Agricultural Revolution on Homo sapiens?
(a) The merchant class.
(b) Monarchies.
(c) Religion.
(d) A handful of plant species.

12. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?
(a) Phylum.
(b) Genus.
(c) Breed.
(d) Family.

13. What does Harari describe as "insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment"?
(a) Homo sapiens.
(b) Prehistoric humans.
(c) Troglodytes.
(d) Woolly Mammoths.

14. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?
(a) America.
(b) Australia.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the last million years, there has been an Ice Age how frequently, on average?

2. In a band of 50 individuals, Harari states that there are how many one-on-one relationships?

3. What sport does Harari use to demonstrate his point about a shared set of rules?

4. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?

5. Harari defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?

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