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

2. 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) Numbers.
(b) Letters.
(c) Geographical information.
(d) Topographical information.

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

4. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?
(a) 40,000 years.
(b) 4,000 years.
(c) 4 million years.
(d) 400,000 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?

2. Harari asserts that "no noteworthy plant or animal has been domesticated in the last" (77) how many years?

3. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?

4. To what event is Harari referring when he names Chapter 5 History's Biggest Fraud?

5. The Code of Hammurabi was written in what year?

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