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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. In what year did Magellan circumnavigate the earth for the first time?
(a) 1620.
(b) 1602.
(c) 1499.
(d) 1522.

2. At the time that Cortes invaded Mexico, what did its citizens call themselves?
(a) The Babylonians.
(b) The Aztecs.
(c) The Incans.
(d) The Mayans.

3. In what year was The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy published?
(a) 1512.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1687.

4. Biological poverty is defined by Harari as what?
(a) A state that withholds from a person opportunities that are available to others.
(b) A state that occurs when a person experiences a sudden loss of health.
(c) A state that occurs when a person has been kept in quarantined conditions for too long.
(d) A state that endanger's a person's life due to a lack of food and shelter.

5. Harari uses apples to point out the shortcomings in what system?
(a) The justice system.
(b) The stock market system.
(c) The education system.
(d) The barter system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari asserts that observation is not what?

2. In what year was King Richard the Lionheart struck by an arrow, leading to his death two weeks later?

3. Social poverty is defined by Harari as what?

4. Who invaded and brought an end to the Song Empire?

5. In the year 1500, there were about how many Homo sapiens in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What flaw does Harari point out within the philosophies of Postmodernist thinkers?

2. What distinction does Harari make between biological poverty and social poverty?

3. What is Harari's view of how the Cook expedition marked a turning point within European history?

4. What connections does Harari draw among capitalism, modern science, and the emergence of European imperialism?

5. What is Harari's message regarding people's tendency to discriminate against outsiders?

6. What does Harari say is the key to understanding a particular culture?

7. For what purpose does Harari include the painting called Franklin's Experiment within the chapter entitled The Discovery of Ignorance?

8. What is Harari's view of capitalism and what are two counterarguments he addresses?

9. How does Harari link the state of the modern economy to his view that quality of life is not guaranteed or predetermined to improve as time passes?

10. Analyze Harari's discussion of syncretism and its connection to both contradiction and success.

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