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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Code of Hammurabi stated that if one man were to break another man's bone, his punishment would be what?
(a) To have his eye cast out.
(b) To act as the victim's servant for three days.
(c) To have his hand cut off.
(d) To have his own bone broken.

2. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?
(a) The ability to speak about fictions.
(b) The ability to use voice intonation.
(c) The ability to solve complex problems.
(d) The ability to communicate about danger.

3. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?
(a) 2 million years.
(b) 12 million years.
(c) 10 million years.
(d) 50,000 years.

4. Biologists classify organisms into what?
(a) Types.
(b) Families.
(c) Species.
(d) Phyla.

5. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Superior people.
(c) Gods.
(d) Commoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?

2. What does Harari describe as "insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment"?

3. What is NOT listed among the elements that qualify a political order as an empire?

4. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?

5. Harari asserts that "The Agricultural Revolution made" what element of the human condition "more important than it had ever been before" (100)?

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