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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. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?
(a) They are able to communicate with one another.
(b) They are able to produce fertile offspring.
(c) They share the same DNA traits.
(d) They are physically able to mate.

2. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?
(a) Pippi Longstocking.
(b) The Age of Innocence.
(c) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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

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) Basis for social stratification.
(b) Food left.
(c) Justice.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How long ago did the Big Bang take place?

4. By the first century AD, how many million foragers remained on earth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What does the author state about the negative effects of agriculture on the human race?

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

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

8. How does Harari define the term history?

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 significance of the era that occurred on Earth 70,000 years ago?

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