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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 18-20 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?
(a) Anu.
(b) Marduk.
(c) Enlil.
(d) Murabi.

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

3. Harari states that the leading project of what revolution is to give humankind eternal life?
(a) The Cognitive Revolution.
(b) The Immortality Revolution.
(c) The Logic Revolution.
(d) The Scientific Revolution.

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

5. By the first century AD, how many million foragers remained on earth?
(a) Between 5 and 6 million.
(b) Between 1 and 2 million.
(c) Between 250,000 and 750,000.
(d) Between 6 and 8 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was King Richard the Lionheart struck by an arrow, leading to his death two weeks later?

2. Harari defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?

3. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?

4. What did NOT appear during the Cognitive Revolution?

5. In 2000, the world was home to about how many humans?

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