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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. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?
(a) 400,000 years ago.
(b) 4000 years ago.
(c) 40,000 years ago.
(d) 4 million years ago.

2. What dynasty united China in 221 BC?
(a) The Sui dynasty.
(b) The Shang dynasty.
(c) The Ming dynasty.
(d) The Qin dynasty.

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

4. Voltaire said that "there is no" what, while instructing the listener not to "tell that to" his servant "least he murder" (110) Voltaire in the night?
(a) Food left.
(b) God.
(c) Justice.
(d) Basis for social stratification.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the meaning of the term quipu?

3. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?

4. Harari describes an important moment long ago when "a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is our own grandmother" (5). How long ago did this occur?

5. Of the 24 Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, how many became extinct?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the function of a template for collective action within a society?

2. Harari uses his observation about foraging sapiens versus agricultural sapiens to support what larger claim within the book?

3. What is the author's claim concerning the luxury trap?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What are two examples of templates for collective action?

10. How does the author use the example about insects' wings to make his point about there being no single "natural" (147) way to live?

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