Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Test | Final Test - Medium

Yuval Noah Harari
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 191 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Test | Final Test - Medium

Yuval Noah Harari
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 191 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What two selves does Harari claim humans have?
(a) Narrating and remembering.
(b) Objective and subjective.
(c) Narrating and experiencing.
(d) Talking and listening.

2. What biometric information did Angelina Jolie use before having a double mastectomy?
(a) A blood screening panel.
(b) A full-body scan.
(c) Genetic testing.
(d) An fMRI.

3. Instead of healing the sick, what is the new focus of medicine?
(a) Creating superhumans.
(b) Maintaining good health.
(c) Downgrading normal humans.
(d) Upgrading the healthy.

4. What does Harari claim is necessary for scientific advancements?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Economic growth.
(d) Natural selection.

5. According to Harari, what two things are being decoupled?
(a) Intelligence and value.
(b) Free will and determinism.
(c) Free will and consciousness.
(d) Intelligence and consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Harai, where is the most interesting place in the world from a religious standpoint?

3. In the modern age, scientific advancements made great strides due two what two factors?

4. For what purpose is the U.S. military experimenting with implanting computer chips in the brains of soldiers?

5. In medieval Europe, if people wanted the answer to an important question, they would do which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the "more stuff" credo affect society?

2. Why was liberalism criticized by the poor?

3. What do strategy games such as Minecraft and The Settlers of Catan teach teenagers?

4. What is the modern covenant Harari refers to?

5. What happened in 1975 that was a blow to the liberalism ideology?

6. Where do many research professors find volunteers for their experiments and tests?

7. What is socialist humanism?

8. What did the computer Watson do that changed the perception of artificial intelligence?

9. According to Harari, what two concepts are being decoupled?

10. What is FOMO and why is it a problem?

(see the answer keys)

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