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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?
(a) 12 million years.
(b) 50,000 years.
(c) 2 million years.
(d) 10 million years.

2. Humans in what two areas evolved into Homo neanderthalensis?
(a) North America and South America.
(b) Europe and West Asia.
(c) Asia and Eastern Europe.
(d) Europe and West Africa.

3. Horses had been domesticated by what year in history?
(a) 1,000 BC.
(b) 3,000 BC.
(c) 4,000 BC.
(d) 2,000 BC.

4. The last Ice Age that happened on Earth occurred during what span of time?
(a) From 150,000 years ago to 45,000 years ago.
(b) From 90,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.
(c) From 60,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago.
(d) From 75,000 years ago to 15,000 years ago.

5. How long ago did the Big Bang take place?
(a) 80 million years ago.
(b) 45 trillion years ago.
(c) 13.5 billion years ago.
(d) 6.5 billion years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which name of a god is NOT listed among the leading deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon?

2. What does Harari NOT provide as an example of an imagined order?

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

4. To what object does the author refer when writing that the object represents a person trying to announce their presence to the world?

5. The Cognitive Revolution occurred how long ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does the author provide for his claim that what is beneficial to the species as a whole is not always beneficial to individuals?

2. How does Harari define the term history?

3. How does the author emphasize his view that societal orders are imagined?

4. What types of examples does Harari provide when he discusses concepts that help to structure order and cooperation, but do not actually exist in tangible form?

5. What is the function of a template for collective action within a society?

6. What chain of events does Harari name as eventually leading to the appearance of the species Homo sapiens?

7. What is the focus of the chapter entitled History's Biggest Fraud?

8. Harari uses his observation about foraging sapiens versus agricultural sapiens to support what larger claim within the book?

9. What examples does the author provide for his claim that societal orders are imagined, rather than objective?

10. For what purpose does the author include a table at the start of the text that presents a timeline of human history?

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