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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 did NOT appear during the Cognitive Revolution?
(a) Myths.
(b) Danger alert systems.
(c) Gods.
(d) Legends.

2. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?
(a) Family.
(b) Breed.
(c) Genus.
(d) Phylum.

3. Harari states that "When complex societies began to appear in the wake of the Agricultural Revolution, a completely new type of information became vital" (121). What was this new type of information?
(a) Topographical information.
(b) Geographical information.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Letters.

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

5. Sapiens began to drive other human species into extinction and to take over the rest of the planet how long ago?
(a) 10,000 years ago.
(b) 40,000 years ago.
(c) 70,000 years ago.
(d) 20,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?

3. Harari uses the example of a child's imaginary friend to demonstrate the qualities of what term?

4. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?

5. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?

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