Sapiens Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Yuval Noah Harari
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 169 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Sapiens Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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

2. Animals are said to belong to the same species if they are able to take what action?
(a) They are physically able to mate.
(b) They are able to communicate with one another.
(c) They share the same DNA traits.
(d) They are able to produce fertile offspring.

3. Harari describes an important moment long ago when "a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is our own grandmother" (5). How long ago did this occur?
(a) 9 million years ago.
(b) 6 million years ago.
(c) 2 million years ago.
(d) 30 million years ago.

4. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?
(a) 24,000 BC.
(b) 36,000 BC.
(c) 12,000 BC.
(d) 6,000 BC.

5. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term Sapiens to refer to whom?
(a) The ancestors of chimpanzees.
(b) All extant members of the genus Homo.
(c) Creatures with opposable thumbs.
(d) Members of the species Homo sapiens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Harari states that a typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to how many types of sweet foods?

3. What is the only creature on Earth who "can speak about things that don't really exist" (24)?

4. To what novel is Harari alluding when he discusses the ability to "believe six impossible things before breakfast" (24)?

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

(see the answer key)

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