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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. In a band of 50 individuals, Harari states that there are how many one-on-one relationships?
2. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?
3. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?
4. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
5. What does Harari NOT list as a factor that prevents "people from realising that the order organising our lives exists only in their imagination" (112)?
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 does the author state about the negative effects of agriculture on the human race?
3. What is the author's definition of the word natural and how does he support his claim?
4. For what purpose does Harari make particular points about extinction in the final passages of Chapter Four?
5. For what purpose does the author include a table at the start of the text that presents a timeline of human history?
6. Harari uses his observation about foraging sapiens versus agricultural sapiens to support what larger claim within the book?
7. What is the focus of the chapter entitled History's Biggest Fraud?
8. What examples does the author provide for his claim that societal orders are imagined, rather than objective?
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 does the author name as the most important step in convincing people to believe a shared myth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Read the interview with the author included in the back of Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens. Write an essay explaining the connection between one of the author’s answers and a major theme presented within the text.
Essay Topic 2
How does the author utilize or discuss irony within Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the book and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the narrative.
Essay Topic 3
How does the author's use of the first and second person point of view serve the text’s purposes over the course of Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens? Discuss how the author's choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
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