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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 5-8.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?
(a) They created thousands of cave etchings.
(b) They drove the Neanderthals to extinction.
(c) They carved the Stadel lion-man.
(d) They settled Australia.
2. To what object does the author refer when writing that the object represents a person trying to announce their presence to the world?
(a) A human handprint.
(b) An obelisk.
(c) A human footprint.
(d) A piece of pottery.
3. What is the meaning of the term quipu?
(a) An imagined community.
(b) A set of colorful cords used to record mathematical data.
(c) A court of law.
(d) A full script.
4. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?
(a) Enlil.
(b) Murabi.
(c) Marduk.
(d) Anu.
5. What dynasty united China in 221 BC?
(a) The Qin dynasty.
(b) The Ming dynasty.
(c) The Shang dynasty.
(d) The Sui dynasty.
Short Answer Questions
1. Harari asserts that "no noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last" (77) how many years?
2. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
3. For how long did humans feed themselves "by gathering plants and hunting animals that lived and bred without their intervention" (77)?
4. Harari states that "for nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as" (40) what?
5. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?
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