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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Homo Sapiens Loses Control: The Great Decoupling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Religion is a deal, whereas spirituality is ___________.
(a) Undefined.
(b) A personal experience.
(c) An unknown.
(d) A journey.

2. What does Harari call "The greatest scientific discovery"?
(a) The discovery of new energy sources.
(b) The discovery of cyborg technology.
(c) The discovery of germs.
(d) The discovery of ignorance.

3. What economic and political system adheres to the principles of a free market?
(a) Communism.
(b) Authoritarianism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitalism.

4. What percentage of Americans believe God created humans in their current form?
(a) 15%.
(b) 46%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 35%.

5. What life-changing experience did journalist Sally Adee have when she used a battlefield simulator?
(a) A life-like virtual reality experience.
(b) Her brain without self doubt.
(c) An increased ability to learn.
(d) A change in her personality.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the idea of having green lawns around dwellings begin?

2. If we devote ourselves solely to economic growth, what social structure could suffer?

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

4. What movement changed the formula for gaining knowledge to Knowledge = Empirical Data x Mathematics?

5. What has replaced deploying large armies in today's military?

(see the answer key)

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