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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. The first mega-empires appeared in what part of the world?
(a) Africa.
(b) The Middle East.
(c) South America.
(d) Australia.

2. What does Harari NOT list as a factor that prevents "people from realising that the order organising our lives exists only in their imagination" (112)?
(a) The imagined order is subjective.
(b) The imagined order shapes our desires.
(c) The imagined order is inter-subjective.
(d) The imagined order is embedded in the material world.

3. Harari defines the data-processing system invented by the Sumerians as what?
(a) Record-keeping.
(b) Transcription.
(c) Double column bookkeeping.
(d) Writing.

4. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?
(a) Africa.
(b) Asia.
(c) America.
(d) Australia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that "the most unique feature of Sapiens language" (24) is that it provides its speakers with what?

2. More than what percentage of the calories that feed humanity come from plants domesticated by our ancestors between 9,500 and 3,500 BC?

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

4. Various species of humans began "going after large animals" (67) during hunting around how long ago?

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

(see the answer key)

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