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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. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Australia.
(d) America.

2. The Code of Hammurabi was written in what year?
(a) 1776 BC.
(b) 1352 BC.
(c) 1776 AD.
(d) 1352 AD.

3. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?
(a) Europe and West Asia.
(b) Asia and Eastern Europe.
(c) North America and South America.
(d) Europe and West Africa.

4. 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.

5. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
(a) Homo sapiens evolved from apes.
(b) Homo sapiens can survive on other planets.
(c) Homo sapiens invented language.
(d) Homo sapiens belong to a family.

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. More than what percentage of the calories that feed humanity come from plants domesticated by our ancestors between 9,500 and 3,500 BC?

3. Harari states that a typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to how many types of sweet foods?

4. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?

5. What is the meaning of the term quipu?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Analyze Harari's use of the term “curtain of silence” (61) within his discussion of our limited understanding of human history.

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. What types of examples does Harari provide when he discusses concepts that help to structure order and cooperation, but do not actually exist in tangible form?

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

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