Sapiens Test | Final Test - Easy

Yuval Noah Harari
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 169 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Sapiens Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Social poverty is defined by Harari as what?
(a) A state that withholds from a person opportunities that are available to others.
(b) A state that occurs when a person experiences a sudden loss of friends.
(c) A state that occurs when a person has been kept in isolation for too long.
(d) A state that endanger's a person's life due to a lack of food and shelter.

3. The measurement called a sila was equivalent to how many gallons?
(a) One gallon.
(b) Two gallons.
(c) A quarter of a gallon.
(d) A half a gallon.

4. Harari states that "Today anyone with" what kind of income "can safely and easily circumnavigate the globe" (248)?
(a) An upper-class income.
(b) A middle-class income.
(c) A fixed income.
(d) A white collar income.

5. The Athenian Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?
(a) Chile.
(b) Italy.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Greece.

6. 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 centrality of observation" (251) and its centrality of what other element?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Survival.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Logic.

7. Harari states that the leading project of what revolution is to give humankind eternal life?
(a) The Immortality Revolution.
(b) The Cognitive Revolution.
(c) The Logic Revolution.
(d) The Scientific Revolution.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. What is hubris?
(a) An unreasonable and blasphemous show of confidence.
(b) A system of agricultural processes.
(c) Humor.
(d) Human ingenuity.

11. Harari asserts that observation is not what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Incontrovertible proof.
(c) Certainty.
(d) Knowledge.

12. Harari uses a discussion of the coin termed "the millares" (173) to illustrate what principle?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Greed.
(d) Capitalism.

13. What is NOT listed among the elements that qualify a political order as an empire?
(a) An unlimited appetite for power.
(b) A tyrannical leader.
(c) Flexible borders.
(d) A significant number of distinct peoples being ruled.

14. The Mesoamerican World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?
(a) Only the continent of Australia.
(b) Most of western South America.
(c) Most of Central America and parts of North America.
(d) Australia and eastern Asia.

15. Part Three of Sapiens is entitled "The" what "of Humankind" (162)?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Unification.
(c) Crown Jewel.
(d) Stupidity.

Short Answer Questions

1. The total value of goods and services produced by humans in the year 1500 was how much in 2015 money?

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

3. In what century did cannons emerge to become a decisive factor in battle?

4. How many points lie on the Scientific Revolution feedback loop image provided by the author?

5. Prior to 1500, what two fields were considered to be entirely separate from one another?

(see the answer keys)

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