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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Homo Sapiens Conquers the World: The Anthropocene.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harari say humans must overcome to be like gods?
(a) Death.
(b) Epidemics.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Poverty.

2. Harari referred to algorithms as __________.
(a) The doorway to cyborg engineering.
(b) The single most important concept in our world.
(c) An overrated concept.
(d) The new revolution in thinking.

3. What is the definition of humanism in Harari's book?
(a) Acting for the common good.
(b) The value of humans over animals.
(c) Philosophy of free will.
(d) The worship of humankind.

4. Chekhov said if there was a gun in Act One, what would happen in Act Three?
(a) The main character would die.
(b) Someone would use it.
(c) Someone would steal it.
(d) It would end the play.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Agricultural Revolution humans silenced animals and plants. During the Scientific Revolution humans silenced what or whom?

2. Harari claims that humans are going to replace the principles of natural selection with what other principles?

3. What common algorithm is used in cooking?

4. What hunter-gatherer society still embraces the principles of animism?

5. What does the book's title, Homo Deus, mean?

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