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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Harari uses the example of a child's imaginary friend to demonstrate the qualities of what term?
2. 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?
3. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?
4. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?
5. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?
Short Essay Questions
1. What examples does the author provide for his claim that societal orders are imagined, rather than objective?
2. What is the author's definition of the word natural and how does he support his claim?
3. What is the author's claim concerning the luxury trap?
4. How does the author emphasize his view that societal orders are imagined?
5. What does the author name as the most important step in convincing people to believe a shared myth?
6. What is the function of a template for collective action within a society?
7. Discuss the significance of the author's focus on fictive language.
8. How does Harari define the term history?
9. What does the author state about the negative effects of agriculture on the human race?
10. Discuss Harari's suggestions regarding the use of humility when considering human history.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the use of Biblical allusions within Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens.
Essay Topic 2
How does the author use sensory details in order to paint a vivid portrait of the historical and sociological events depicted within Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens? Discuss at least two passages that include extensive use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of subjective well-being portrayed in Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens? Examine the author's treatment of and messages regarding subjective well-being throughout the book.
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