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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a band of 50 individuals, Harari states that there are how many one-on-one relationships?
(a) 1,225.
(b) 865.
(c) 6,230.
(d) 2,220.

2. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?
(a) 18.
(b) 23.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

3. To what event is Harari referring when he names Chapter 5 History's Biggest Fraud?
(a) The Agricultural Revolution.
(b) The Clean Energy Revolution.
(c) The Cognitive Revolution.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

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

5. The Code of Hammurabi stated that if one man were to break another man's bone, his punishment would be what?
(a) To have his own bone broken.
(b) To have his eye cast out.
(c) To act as the victim's servant for three days.
(d) To have his hand cut off.

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

7. What is NOT provided as an example of a full script?
(a) The Hammurabi Code.
(b) Braille.
(c) Latin script.
(d) Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

8. What is NOT one of the negative effects Harari describes when stating the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
(a) It resulted in a loss of variety and stimulation in the lives of Homo sapiens.
(b) It caused great harm to the environment.
(c) It put Homo sapiens at greater risk of starvation and disease.
(d) It robbed Homo sapiens of their leisure time.

9. Wheat and goats had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 5,000 BC.
(b) 4,000 BC.
(c) 3,000 BC.
(d) 9,000 BC.

10. What is the only creature on Earth who "can speak about things that don't really exist" (24)?
(a) Neanderthals.
(b) Chimpanzees.
(c) Homo sapiens.
(d) Humans.

11. Harari uses the example of a child's imaginary friend to demonstrate the qualities of what term?
(a) Inter-subjectivity.
(b) Subjectivity.
(c) Intra-subjectivity.
(d) Objectivity.

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

13. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?
(a) They are physically able to mate.
(b) They are able to produce fertile offspring.
(c) They are able to communicate with one another.
(d) They share the same DNA traits.

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

15. 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)?
(a) The imagined order is inter-subjective.
(b) The imagined order is subjective.
(c) The imagined order is embedded in the material world.
(d) The imagined order shapes our desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?

2. To whom does Harari allude when discussing "an objective phenomenon" (116)?

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

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

5. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?

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