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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. The rise of humanism meant there was less focus on God and more focus on what?
(a) Humans.
(b) Technology.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Liberalism.

2. The scientific formula led to breakthroughs in disciplines such as astronomy, physics, and medicine, but it could not deal with what issues?
(a) Free will.
(b) Social trends.
(c) Religious observance.
(d) Questions of value and meaning.

3. Religion is a deal, whereas spirituality is ___________.
(a) Undefined.
(b) A personal experience.
(c) A journey.
(d) An unknown.

4. Harari claims that humans are going to replace the principles of natural selection with what other principles?
(a) Survival of the Fittest.
(b) Animism.
(c) Artificial Design.
(d) Theism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of fearing asteroids, climate change, or volcanoes, what should we fear, according to the author?

2. What Catholic monk instigated the Protestant Reformation?

3. Harari states that what is written on a form is far more important than what?

4. According to Harari, what is the correct classification of sensations and emotions?

5. Humanism claims that instead of looking to a supreme being or authority to define meaning, people should rely on _______.

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