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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Harari asserts that "The Agricultural Revolution made" what element of the human condition "more important than it had ever been before" (100)?
(a) Existentialist ideals.
(b) The present.
(c) The future.
(d) The past.

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

4. 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) 90.
(b) 75.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

5. Horses had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 4,000 BC.
(b) 1,000 BC.
(c) 2,000 BC.
(d) 3,000 BC.

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

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

8. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?
(a) Pippi Longstocking.
(b) The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(c) The Age of Innocence.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

9. Harari asserts that "no noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last" (77) how many years?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 2,000.

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

11. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?
(a) Farmers.
(b) A peaceful species.
(c) Animals.
(d) Foragers.

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

13. What species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?
(a) Homo rudolfensis.
(b) Homo neanderthalensis.
(c) Homo sapiens.
(d) Homo erectus.

14. About how long ago did the Agricultural Revolution occur?
(a) 25,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) 50,000 years ago.
(d) 5,000 years ago.

15. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 5,000 BC.
(b) 4,000 BC.
(c) 3,000 BC.
(d) 8,000 BC.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is NOT provided as an example of a full script?

4. The Code of Hammurabi stated that if one man were to break another man's bone, his punishment would be what?

5. What does Harari NOT list as a factor that prevents "people from realising that the order organising our lives exists only in their imagination" (112)?

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