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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. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 4,000 BC.
(b) 8,000 BC.
(c) 5,000 BC.
(d) 3,000 BC.

2. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?
(a) South America.
(b) Australia.
(c) The Middle East.
(d) Africa.

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

4. Harari defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?
(a) Record-keeping.
(b) Writing.
(c) Transcription.
(d) Double column bookkeeping.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did humans feed themselves "by gathering plants and hunting animals that lived and bred without their intervention" (77)?

2. To what event is Harari referring when he names Chapter 5 History's Biggest Fraud?

3. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?

4. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?

5. What sport does Harari use to demonstrate his point about a shared set of rules?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. For what purpose does Harari make particular points about extinction in the final passages of Chapter Four?

5. What examples does the author provide for his claim that societal orders are imagined, rather than objective?

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

7. What is the significance of the era that occurred on Earth 70,000 years ago?

8. How does Harari define the term history?

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

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

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