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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. Since around what year have most humans lived in empires?
(a) 1200 BC.
(b) 200 BC.
(c) 700 BC.
(d) 3500 BC.

2. The Aztec Empire ruled how many different tribes and peoples?
(a) 48.
(b) 189.
(c) 276.
(d) 371.

3. How does Harari define elements of society such as prisons and concentration camps?
(a) Nations.
(b) Phyla.
(c) Republics.
(d) Cooperation networks.

4. What causes a particular science to be designated as an exact science?
(a) Its use of mathematical tools.
(b) Its focus on the laws of physics.
(c) Its focus on biology.
(d) Its body of proofs and laws.

5. In what year was King Richard the Lionheart struck by an arrow, leading to his death two weeks later?
(a) 1699.
(b) 1199.
(c) 1399.
(d) 1599.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Horses had been domesticated by what year in history?

3. Who wrote The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy?

4. The Australian World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?

5. What does Harari NOT list among the "premodern traditions of knowledge" he discusses?

(see the answer key)

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