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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Part Three of Sapiens is entitled "The" what "of Humankind" (162)?
(a) Unification.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Crown Jewel.
(d) Destruction.

2. By 1450 AD, what percentage of earth's inhabitants lived within a "single mega-world" (167)?
(a) 75 percent.
(b) 90 percent.
(c) 60 percent.
(d) 30 percent.

3. Most scholars of culture have concluded that every culture's "typical beliefs, norms, and values" (163) are what?
(a) Recorded for all within the culture to see.
(b) In constant flux.
(c) Understood by all members of the culture.
(d) Static.

4. What sport does Harari use to demonstrate his point about a shared set of rules?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Soccer.

5. What does Harari NOT list among the "premodern traditions of knowledge" he discusses?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Scientology.
(d) Confucianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time that Cortes invaded Mexico, what did its citizens call themselves?

2. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?

3. Harari asserts that "no noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last" (77) how many years?

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

5. In what year did Hernan Cortes and his conquistadors invade Mexico?

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