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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Homo Sapiens Gives Meaning to the World: The Humanist Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One core emotion shared by all mammals is ___________.
(a) The mother-infant bond.
(b) Self preservation.
(c) The instinct to run from danger.
(d) The survival of the fittest.

2. Animists believe ______.
(a) Animals are subject to human whims.
(b) Humans are superior to all other species.
(c) Animals have no souls.
(d) There is no essential gap separating humans from other animals.

3. During the Agricultural Revolution humans silenced animals and plants. During the Scientific Revolution humans silenced what or whom?
(a) Animists.
(b) Traditionalists.
(c) God.
(d) Historians.

4. What Catholic monk instigated the Protestant Reformation?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Martin Luther.
(d) Johannes Tetzel.

5. According to Harari, what made it possible for Egyptians to build the great pyramids?
(a) The system of slaves and masters.
(b) Taxes collected from the people.
(c) Superb organizational skills.
(d) Extraterrestrial beings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What British mathematician developed the Turing Test?

2. Who was the person that saved thousands of Jews during World War II by providing visas even after he was told not to?

3. What culture invented writing and money?

4. In the future, some myths and religions will be mightier than ever due to what?

5. What did Chinese bureaucrats do to make it seem as though Mao Zedong's agricultural program was working?

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