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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harari asserts that the last 500 years have demonstrated an "unprecedented growth in human" (248) what?
(a) Power.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Compassion.

2. The Athenian Empire at its pinnacle was much smaller than what modern-day nation?
(a) Greece.
(b) Chile.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Italy.

3. The measurement called a sila was equivalent to how many gallons?
(a) A quarter of a gallon.
(b) One gallon.
(c) A half a gallon.
(d) Two gallons.

4. The main argument present within the work entitled The New Instrument is that knowledge is what?
(a) Helping humankind to progress.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Power.
(d) A tool of survival.

5. Harari uses apples to point out the shortcomings in what system?
(a) The education system.
(b) The barter system.
(c) The stock market system.
(d) The justice system.

6. Harari asserts that barley has what type of intrinsic value?
(a) Material.
(b) Financial.
(c) Biological.
(d) Aesthetic.

7. Which "world" (168) "swallowed up all of the other worlds" (168) within a span of 300 years?
(a) The Aztec world.
(b) The Afro-Asian world.
(c) The Mesoamerican world.
(d) The Andean world.

8. How much money that exists in the world "exists only on computer servers" (178)?
(a) More than 10 trillion dollars.
(b) More than 5 trillion dollars.
(c) More than 20 trillion dollars.
(d) More than 50 trillion dollars.

9. More than what percentage of all money in the world "exists only on computer servers" (178)?
(a) 40.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 90.

10. In the year 1500, there were about how many Homo sapiens in the world?
(a) 500 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 1 billion.
(d) 900 million.

11. What is NOT a point on the Scientific Revolution feedback loop image provided by the author?
(a) Logic.
(b) Research.
(c) Resources.
(d) Power.

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

13. What causes a particular science to be designated as an exact science?
(a) Its focus on biology.
(b) Its use of mathematical tools.
(c) Its body of proofs and laws.
(d) Its focus on the laws of physics.

14. Prior to 1500, what two fields were considered to be entirely separate from one another?
(a) The arts and mathematics.
(b) Mathematics and psychology.
(c) Science and technology.
(d) The arts and cultural traditions.

15. To what author does Harari allude when stating the author's depiction of "the liberal regimes of nineteenth-century Europe" giving "priority to individual freedom" (165)?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) The Marquis de Sade.
(c) Albert Camus.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first coins in history were created around what year?

2. From what culture did the myth of Gilgamesh spring?

3. The sum total of money throughout the world, according to Harari, is what?

4. In what century did cannons emerge to become a decisive factor in battle?

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

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