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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
(a) Homo sapiens invented language.
(b) Homo sapiens evolved from apes.
(c) Homo sapiens can survive on other planets.
(d) Homo sapiens belong to a family.

2. Sapiens populated East Africa how long ago?
(a) 12 million years ago.
(b) 2 million years ago.
(c) 150,000 years ago.
(d) 50,000 years ago.

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Justice.
(b) Basis for social stratification.
(c) God.
(d) Food left.

6. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?
(a) On the Euro-Asian landmass.
(b) On the Afro-Asian landmass.
(c) On the landmass of the Americas.
(d) On the Austral-Asian landmass.

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

8. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?
(a) Jade.
(b) Ivory.
(c) Ebony.
(d) Limestone.

9. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?
(a) The diprotodon.
(b) The super kangaroo.
(c) The woolly mammoth.
(d) The saber-toothed tiger.

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

11. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?
(a) Between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago.
(b) Between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago.
(c) Between 100,000 and 20,000 years ago.
(d) Between 70,000 and 30,000 years ago.

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

13. 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) Topographical information.
(b) Letters.
(c) Geographical information.
(d) Numbers.

14. What dynasty united China in 221 BC?
(a) The Sui dynasty.
(b) The Qin dynasty.
(c) The Ming dynasty.
(d) The Shang dynasty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what event is Harari referring when he names Chapter 5 History's Biggest Fraud?

2. Harari asserts that "no noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last" (77) how many years?

3. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term Sapiens to refer to whom?

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

5. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?

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