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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 Storytellers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the U.S. ban creating three parent babies?
(a) Religious beliefs.
(b) Economic impact.
(c) Ethical concerns.
(d) Social implications.

2. Animists believe ______.
(a) There is no essential gap separating humans from other animals.
(b) Humans are superior to all other species.
(c) Animals are subject to human whims.
(d) Animals have no souls.

3. What written document helped thousands of Jews escape Nazi persecution in France?
(a) A land grant.
(b) A visa.
(c) Proof of citizenship.
(d) A driver's license.

4. To raise global happiness, what has to be done?
(a) Increase global GDP.
(b) Follow the teachings of Buddha.
(c) Manipulation of the human biochemistry.
(d) Increase distribution of Ritalin.

5. What plague wiped out one-quarter of the population of Eurasia in the 1330s?
(a) The Smallpox Epidemic.
(b) Tuberculosis Infection.
(c) The Red Death.
(d) The Black Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the theory of evolution reject the idea of a human soul?

2. According to Harari, what made it possible for Egyptians to build the great pyramids?

3. Who was the person that saved thousands of Jews during World War II by providing visas even after he was told not to?

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

5. What culture invented writing and money?

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