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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Watson being trained to do to help the medical field?
(a) Diagnose diseases.
(b) Brain surgery.
(c) Collect global health information.
(d) Remote controlled surgery.

2. Ethical judgments and factual statements result in __________.
(a) Practical guidelines.
(b) Social norms.
(c) Conflicting opinions.
(d) Philosophical disagreements.

3. What was the first stage of the Sapiens data-processing system?
(a) The information Revolution.
(b) The Cognitive Revolution.
(c) The Agricultural Revolution.
(d) The invention of writing.

4. What revolutionary strategy did Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane use to select the best baseball players?
(a) He hacked the competition's database.
(b) He used a computer algorithm developed by economists.
(c) He developed the system of player statistics.
(d) He posted information on Twitter.

5. What does the author claim is more dangerous than gunpowder?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Salt.
(d) Gluten.

Short Answer Questions

1. A Mattersight algorithm uses what information to direct callers to the best customer service person for them?

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

3. Education used to focus on educating students. What does education focus on now?

4. The rise of humanism meant there was less focus on God and more focus on what?

5. To raise global happiness, what has to be done?

(see the answer key)

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