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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the U.S. ban creating three parent babies?
(a) Economic impact.
(b) Social implications.
(c) Ethical concerns.
(d) Religious beliefs.

2. In the sixteenth century, what did salvation peddlers do?
(a) Sold indulgences.
(b) Opposed the pope.
(c) Preached Lutheran values.
(d) Absolved sin.

3. As a result of the Agricultural Revolution, humans insured the survival and reproduction of domesticated animals while ignoring what?
(a) The natural habitat of animals.
(b) The subjective needs of animals.
(c) The means of distribution.
(d) Population control.

4. Humans learned to ensure that animals could survive and reproduce but what did humans ignore?
(a) Animal's objective needs.
(b) Animal's biomedical algorithm.
(c) Animal's subjective needs.
(d) Animal's biochemical needs.

5. In what religious philosophy do humans replace gods?
(a) Liberalist.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Humanist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Clever Hans the horse able to do?

2. What common algorithm is used in cooking?

3. What is the Problem of Other Minds?

4. What are the three uncontrollable forces of nature Harari believes man has conquered?

5. Why does money have value?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an algorithm?

2. Why will humans keep striving for something better?

3. What do monotheists believe is the human spark that makes homo sapiens superior to other animals?

4. Why does Harari say human beings have overcome famine, plague, and war?

5. Why does the author state that in practice the life of an American is valued more than the life of an Afghan?

6. What is the third level of reality only humans experience?

7. What necessities are provided for domesticated animals?

8. How did hunter-gatherers perceive the relationship between humans and animals?

9. What did Harry Harlow's experiments with monkeys demonstrate?

10. According to Harari, what is the cause of most misunderstandings between science and religion?

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