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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 100,000 years.
(d) Every 50,000 years.

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

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

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

5. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?
(a) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(b) 2,000 years.
(c) 10,000 years.
(d) Tens of thousands of years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?

2. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?

3. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?

4. 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?

5. By what year does Harari assert that "the main wave of domestication was over" (77)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the focus of the chapter entitled History's Biggest Fraud?

2. What call to action does the author make regarding the hierarchy cycle?

3. For what purpose does the author include a table at the start of the text that presents a timeline of human history?

4. What chain of events does Harari name as eventually leading to the appearance of the species Homo sapiens?

5. What evidence does the author provide for his claim that what is beneficial to the species as a whole is not always beneficial to individuals?

6. What is the author's definition of the word natural and how does he support his claim?

7. How does the author emphasize his view that societal orders are imagined?

8. What evidence does Harari provide for his conclusion that foragers had been better off than their counterparts living after the dawn of the Agricultural Revolution?

9. Discuss Harari's suggestions regarding the use of humility when considering human history.

10. Discuss the significance of the author's focus on fictive language.

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