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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 throughout the text, he will use the term Sapiens to refer to whom?
(a) Creatures with opposable thumbs.
(b) The ancestors of chimpanzees.
(c) All extant members of the genus Homo.
(d) Members of the species Homo sapiens.

2. The combined mass of "all domesticated farmyard animals" (350) would equal how many tons?
(a) About 70 million tons.
(b) About 300 million tons.
(c) About 30 billion tons.
(d) About 700 million tons.

3. In what part of the world did the ancient Sumerians live?
(a) Eastern Greece.
(b) Northern Mesopotamia.
(c) Southern Mesopotamia.
(d) Northern Rome.

4. Harari uses a discussion of the coin termed "the millares" (173) to illustrate what principle?
(a) Greed.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Tolerance.

5. Among the first things broadcast on radio stations were what?
(a) Ration reports.
(b) Weather reports.
(c) Train timetable schedules.
(d) Time signals.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time that Cortes invaded Mexico, what did its citizens call themselves?

2. During the last million years, there has been an Ice Age how frequently, on average?

3. Who was the author of the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument?

4. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?

5. Sapiens began to drive other human species into extinction and to take over the rest of the planet how long ago?

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