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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the author of the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) Plato.
(c) Pythagoras.
(d) Galileo.

2. Harari asserts that "an empire is defined solely by its" (190) what?
(a) Cultural diversity and flexible borders.
(b) The size of its population.
(c) Its form of government.
(d) Its territorial extent.

3. On what date did humans land on the moon?
(a) August 12, 1969.
(b) July 20, 1969.
(c) June 8, 1969.
(d) February 19, 1969.

4. Harari asserts that observation is not what?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Certainty.
(c) Religion.
(d) Incontrovertible proof.

5. What objects were used as money "for about 4,000 years all over Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Oceania" (177)?
(a) Beads.
(b) Wampum.
(c) Colorful threads.
(d) Cowry shells.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Code of Hammurabi served as a cooperation manual for hundreds of thousands of what?

2. For what purpose did the inventing country of gunpowder originally use their new invention for many years?

3. The Australian World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?

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

5. Harari asserts that barley has what type of intrinsic value?

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