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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Homo Sapiens Loses Control: The Time Bomb in the Laboratory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose is the U.S. military experimenting with implanting computer chips in the brains of soldiers?
(a) To treat patients suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome or PTSD.
(b) To lessen their fear during battle.
(c) To control soldiers remotely.
(d) To treat physical injuries sustained in battle.

2. In a free market, what determines whether a product is good or whether it is bad?
(a) The customer.
(b) Company profits.
(c) Persuasive marketing tactics.
(d) Economic gains.

3. What does Harari believe upsets many people about the theory of evolution?
(a) It denies the existence of the human soul.
(b) People do not believe in the survival of the fittest.
(c) People do not want to believe their ancestors were apes.
(d) Darwin's theory cannot be proven.

4. Because inventions have many applications, what two disciplines work together to create a balance?
(a) Religion and Biology.
(b) Science and Socialism.
(c) Religion and Technology.
(d) Technology and Humanism.

5. Science deals with facts but cannot make __________.
(a) Moral claims.
(b) Liberal dogma.
(c) Political judgments.
(d) Ethical judgments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plague wiped out one-quarter of the population of Eurasia in the 1330s?

2. What does Harari consider the best reason to learn history?

3. Humans can do whatever they choose and are only constrained by what?

4. In the future, some myths and religions will be mightier than ever due to what?

5. What Catholic monk instigated the Protestant Reformation?

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