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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Homo Sapiens Gives Meaning to the World: The Humanist Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In some civilizations, an extension of exploiting animals was followed by treating certain classes of people in what way?
(a) As if they were property.
(b) As if they would live forever.
(c) As if they should be raised in cages.
(d) As if they were less important than animals.

2. What common algorithm is used in cooking?
(a) The sequence of ingredients.
(b) A recipe.
(c) Measuring.
(d) The temperature.

3. Who was the person that saved thousands of Jews during World War II by providing visas even after he was told not to?
(a) Mao Zedong.
(b) Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) John Phillips Sousa.

4. To test whether or not an entity is real, what does Harari claim needs to be done?
(a) Ask yourself if it can suffer.
(b) Find out how many people believe in the entity.
(c) Trust your own judgment.
(d) Determine if the entity is effective.

5. According to Harari, what is the correct classification of sensations and emotions?
(a) Natural selection.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Algorithms.
(d) Reproduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. In most Semitic languages, what does "Eve" mean?

2. To what does modern science compare the human brain?

3. Scientists claim biblical Judaism was not a scripture-based religion, it was a(n) __________.

4. Which country was the first to recognize animals as sentient beings?

5. Scientists believe emotions are actually ______.

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