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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. Voltaire said that "there is no" what, while instructing the listener not to "tell that to" his servant "least he murder" (110) Voltaire in the night?
(a) Justice.
(b) Food left.
(c) Basis for social stratification.
(d) God.

2. About how long ago did the Agricultural Revolution occur?
(a) 10,000 years ago.
(b) 5,000 years ago.
(c) 25,000 years ago.
(d) 50,000 years ago.

3. In what millenium does Harari assert that people began to believe that a single order could rule all of humanity?
(a) The Third Millennium BC.
(b) The Second Millennium BC.
(c) The First Millennium AD.
(d) The First Millennium BC.

4. What other object did coins replace when they came along in history?
(a) Cowry shells.
(b) Paper bills.
(c) Wampum.
(d) Unmarked metal ingots.

5. The Aztec Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Peru.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which "world" (168) "swallowed up all of the other worlds" (168) within a span of 300 years?

3. By 1450 AD, what percentage of earth's inhabitants lived within a "single mega-world" (167)?

4. What is NOT listed among the tales that demonstrate the negative effects of hubris on the individual?

5. The mammoths of Wrangel disappeared about how long ago?

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