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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 states that the leading project of what revolution is to give humankind eternal life?

2. What objects were used as money "for about 4,000 years all over Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Oceania" (177)?

3. The Athenian Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?

4. Most scholars of culture have concluded that every culture's "typical beliefs, norms, and values" (163) are what?

5. For what purpose did the inventing country of gunpowder originally use their new invention for many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the definition of the term "memetics" (242) and how do most scholars in the humanities feel about it?

2. After Harari describes the rise of Europe as a locus of power in the world, what caveat does he make?

3. What evidence does Harari use to demonstrate the profound effect that empires and their belief systems have had on history, even among those cultures that consider themselves anti-imperialist?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Yuval Noah Harari define culture and what does he assert about its mutability?

10. When Harari claims that "credit was not invented in modern Europe" (315), what does he say about its origin instead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Perform a biographical criticism of Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens by researching the author's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your author research.

Essay Topic 3

What message is Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens sending regarding the nature of shared myths?

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