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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. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?
2. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
3. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?
4. What did NOT appear during the Cognitive Revolution?
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 call to action does the author make regarding the hierarchy cycle?
2. Harari uses his observation about foraging sapiens versus agricultural sapiens to support what larger claim within the book?
3. What is the focus of the chapter entitled History's Biggest Fraud?
4. What is the function of a template for collective action within a society?
5. 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?
6. What is the author's definition of the word natural and how does he support his claim?
7. 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?
8. Analyze Harari's use of the term “curtain of silence” (61) within his discussion of our limited understanding of human history.
9. What evidence does the author provide for his claim that what is beneficial to the species as a whole is not always beneficial to individuals?
10. What does the author state about the negative effects of agriculture on the human race?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ultimate message is Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens sending about the future of the human race and how does he go about sending this message to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
How does Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens employ the use or rejection of fallacy and how does the inclusion or discussion of fallacy help the author to prove particular points made within the text?
Essay Topic 3
What is the author's message regarding imagined communities and their role in the history and future of humankind?
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