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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 piece of pottery.
(b) A human handprint.
(c) A human footprint.
(d) An obelisk.

2. In a band of 50 individuals, Harari states that there are how many one-on-one relationships?
(a) 6,230.
(b) 865.
(c) 2,220.
(d) 1,225.

3. Harari names Sapiens' first achievement after the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution as what?
(a) The colonization of Africa.
(b) The colonization of Australia 45,000 years ago.
(c) The colonization of a large number of small and isolated islands to the north of Australia.
(d) The colonization of Antarctica.

4. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?
(a) 4000 years ago.
(b) 4 million years ago.
(c) 40,000 years ago.
(d) 400,000 years ago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?

2. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?

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

4. What was the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth?

5. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?

(see the answer key)

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