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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Peas and lentils had been domesticated by what year in history?
2. For how long before the dawn of the Cognitive Revolution did Sapiens live as farmers and herders?
3. For what span of time did the "most durable human species ever" (6) survive?
4. Harari states that throughout the text, he will use the term human to refer to whom?
5. What did NOT appear during the Cognitive Revolution?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the function of a template for collective action within a society?
2. 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?
3. For what purpose does Harari make particular points about extinction in the final passages of Chapter Four?
4. What is the author's definition of the word natural and how does he support his claim?
5. For what purpose does the author include a table at the start of the text that presents a timeline of human history?
6. What call to action does the author make regarding the hierarchy cycle?
7. How does Harari define the term history?
8. What is Harari's assessment of the opportunities created by sapiens' use of fictive language?
9. What evidence does Harari provide for his conclusion that foragers had been better off than their counterparts living after the dawn of the Agricultural Revolution?
10. What examples does the author provide for his claim that societal orders are imagined, rather than objective?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ultimate message is Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens sending about the nature and value of continually examining the history of one’s own civilization?
Essay Topic 2
How does the author use sensory details in order to paint a vivid portrait of the historical and sociological events depicted within Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens? Discuss at least two passages that include extensive use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
How does the author utilize or discuss irony within Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the book and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the narrative.
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