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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters 18-20 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harari states that the leading project of what revolution is to give humankind eternal life?
(a) The Immortality Revolution.
(b) The Scientific Revolution.
(c) The Logic Revolution.
(d) The Cognitive Revolution.

2. What does Harari assert is the key to understanding a particular culture?
(a) Understanding that all cultures embrace a sense of unity.
(b) Understanding that all cultures embrace internal contradictions.
(c) Understanding that all cultures embrace a form of power structure.
(d) Understanding that all cultures embrace specific jargon.

3. Harari states that "any attempt to define the characteristics of modern society" (364) results in the naming of what quality?
(a) Violence.
(b) Change.
(c) Money.
(d) War.

4. Harari points out that before what year, the majority of humans had not had access to the techniques of modern medicine?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1920.

5. What sport does Harari use to demonstrate his point about a shared set of rules?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Soccer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Biological poverty is defined by Harari as what?

2. Empires are noted as "one of the main reasons for the drastic reduction in" (190) what?

3. In 1800, the world was home to about how many humans?

4. The Aztec Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?

5. What is hubris?

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