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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the negative effects Harari describes when stating the effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
(a) It put Homo sapiens at greater risk of starvation and disease.
(b) It resulted in a loss of variety and stimulation in the lives of Homo sapiens.
(c) It caused great harm to the environment.
(d) It robbed Homo sapiens of their leisure time.

2. What is NOT provided as an example of a full script?
(a) The Hammurabi Code.
(b) Latin script.
(c) Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
(d) Braille.

3. 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 inter-subjective.
(b) The imagined order is subjective.
(c) The imagined order is embedded in the material world.
(d) The imagined order shapes our desires.

4. The Hammurabi code divides people into two genders and three classes. What is NOT one of the three classes mentioned in the Hammurabi Code?
(a) Superior people.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Gods.
(d) Commoners.

5. Species that have evolved from a common ancestor are grouped together under what heading?
(a) Breed.
(b) Family.
(c) Genus.
(d) Phylum.

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

7. What fact does Harari states "used to be one of history's most closely guarded secrets" (4)?
(a) Homo sapiens evolved from apes.
(b) Homo sapiens belong to a family.
(c) Homo sapiens invented language.
(d) Homo sapiens can survive on other planets.

8. Wheat and goats had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 4,000 BC.
(b) 3,000 BC.
(c) 5,000 BC.
(d) 9,000 BC.

9. Around what year did global warming melt the glaciers blocking the way from Alaska to the rest of America?
(a) 12,000 BC.
(b) 6,000 BC.
(c) 36,000 BC.
(d) 24,000 BC.

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

11. What is the only creature on Earth who "can speak about things that don't really exist" (24)?
(a) Neanderthals.
(b) Homo sapiens.
(c) Humans.
(d) Chimpanzees.

12. What is NOT a feat mentioned by Harari as an action taken by Sapiens during their reign?
(a) They drove the Neanderthals to extinction.
(b) They carved the Stadel lion-man.
(c) They settled Australia.
(d) They created thousands of cave etchings.

13. The Babylonian empire had about how many subjects during its peak?
(a) Over three million.
(b) Over six million.
(c) Over one million.
(d) Over three million.

14. How does Harari define elements of society such as prisons and concentration camps?
(a) Phyla.
(b) Cooperation networks.
(c) Nations.
(d) Republics.

15. For how long before the Agricultural Revolution did Sapiens live as hunters and gatherers?
(a) 2,000 years.
(b) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(c) 10,000 years.
(d) Tens of thousands of years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what material was the lion-man figure made that was found in the Stadel Cave in Germany?

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 species does Harari name as the "most durable human species ever" (6)?

4. Harari asserts that "Prior to the Cognitive Revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively" (63) where?

5. Harari asserts that most of the foragers left by the first century AD had NOT been living where?

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