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

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

3. Instead of fearing asteroids, climate change, or volcanoes, what should we fear, according to the author?
(a) Domesticated animals.
(b) Science.
(c) Birds.
(d) Ourselves.

4. Harari compares the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to what revolution?
(a) The Information Age.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The Agricultural Revolution.

5. What historical epoch do we live in today?
(a) Miocene.
(b) Pleistocene.
(c) Holocene.
(d) Pliocene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the theory of relativity accepted but the theory of evolution is rejected?

2. Why do scientists deny the existence of God?

3. What was the first deadly disease Europeans brought to North America?

4. Chekhov said if there was a gun in Act One, what would happen in Act Three?

5. One core emotion shared by all mammals is ___________.

(see the answer key)

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