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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the author of the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Pythagoras.
(c) Plato.
(d) Francis Bacon.

2. The Oceanic World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?
(a) Most of western South America.
(b) The continent of Australia.
(c) Most of Central America and parts of North America.
(d) Most of the islands of the south-western Pacific Ocean.

3. On what date did humans land on the moon?
(a) February 19, 1969.
(b) June 8, 1969.
(c) August 12, 1969.
(d) July 20, 1969.

4. Most scholars of culture have concluded that every culture's "typical beliefs, norms, and values" (163) are what?
(a) Static.
(b) Understood by all members of the culture.
(c) In constant flux.
(d) Recorded for all within the culture to see.

5. Empires are noted as "one of the main reasons for the drastic reduction in" (190) what?
(a) The number of religions practiced.
(b) Peaceful conditions.
(c) Material wealth.
(d) Human diversity.

6. To what author does Harari allude when stating the author's depiction of "the liberal regimes of nineteenth-century Europe" giving "priority to individual freedom" (165)?
(a) The Marquis de Sade.
(b) Leo Tolstoy.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Albert Camus.

7. How many points lie on the Scientific Revolution feedback loop image provided by the author?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

8. The first coins in history were created around what year?
(a) 640 BC.
(b) 120 BC.
(c) 1139 BC.
(d) 240 BC.

9. Poverty, wars, illness, old age, and death are all listed by the author as "the fruits of our what" (264) as a species?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Lives.
(c) Labors.
(d) Humanity.

10. The sum total of money throughout the world, according to Harari, is what?
(a) 523 trillion dollars.
(b) 60 trillion dollars.
(c) 90 billion dollars.
(d) 22 trillion dollars.

11. Prior to 1500, what two fields were considered to be entirely separate from one another?
(a) Science and technology.
(b) The arts and cultural traditions.
(c) Mathematics and psychology.
(d) The arts and mathematics.

12. What is NOT listed among the tales that demonstrate the negative effects of hubris on the individual?
(a) The story of Icarus.
(b) The story of The Tower of Babel.
(c) The story of the fox and the grapes.
(d) The story of Golem.

13. When stating that "modern science differs from all previous traditions of knowledge in three major ways" (250), Harari states that one quality of modern science is its acquisition of what?
(a) Immortality.
(b) New powers.
(c) True knowledge.
(d) Practical application.

14. The people of what country invented gunpowder?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) China.
(d) Mexico.

15. What is NOT a point on the Scientific Revolution feedback loop image provided by the author?
(a) Research.
(b) Power.
(c) Resources.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Athenian Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?

2. Harari asserts that "an empire is defined solely by its" (190) what?

3. Harari states that "the most remarkable and defining moment of the past 500 years" (249) was what event?

4. What is NOT listed among the elements that qualify a political order as an empire?

5. How many years did the journey take when Magellan circumnavigated the earth for the first time?

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