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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. How long ago did the Big Bang take place?
2. Whom does Harari name as the culprit behind the negative effects of the Agricultural Revolution on Homo sapiens?
3. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?
4. 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)?
5. By the first century AD, how many million foragers remained on earth?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what purpose does Harari make particular points about extinction in the final passages of Chapter Four?
2. What chain of events does Harari name as eventually leading to the appearance of the species Homo sapiens?
3. For what purpose does the author include a table at the start of the text that presents a timeline of human history?
4. What is the significance of the era that occurred on Earth 70,000 years ago?
5. How does Harari define the term history?
6. What is the function of a template for collective action within a society?
7. What are two examples of templates for collective action?
8. 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?
9. What examples does the author provide for his claim that societal orders are imagined, rather than objective?
10. How does the author emphasize his view that societal orders are imagined?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens invites readers to learn particular lessons from the history of humankind and to apply those lessons to their own lives in the modern world. How does Harari accomplish these goals and how do these goals relate to the overarching themes of the text?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of three of the text's main symbols. How do these symbols connect to the work's overall themes and messages?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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