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

2. Why does money have value?
(a) It is the only way to buy things.
(b) Because people believe it has value.
(c) It is an exchange of goods.
(d) It represents our wealth.

3. Why do scientists believe in the mind, or consciousness, but not the soul?
(a) The mind is part of the brain.
(b) The soul has no visible flow.
(c) The mind is a reality we can see.
(d) If you have a mind, you can think.

4. Why do scientists deny the existence of God?
(a) They are not religious.
(b) There is no empirical data to prove His existence.
(c) The idea of God is old-fashioned.
(d) Science has better answers to difficult questions.

5. If we devote ourselves solely to economic growth, what social structure could suffer?
(a) Religion.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Education.
(d) Family ties.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are modern teenagers acquiring an understanding of capitalism?

2. What famous computer beat two former Jeopardy champions?

3. What artificial intelligence success did the computer called Deep Blue achieve?

4. Which country was the first to recognize animals as sentient beings?

5. What two types of abilities to humans have?

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