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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. When people follow an algorithmic social structure, how do individuals function in the algorithm?
(a) Each person passes on knowledge to others.
(b) Each person is a small step in the algorithm.
(c) Individuals are only useful as part of the whole.
(d) Each person is part of a team.

2. Harari states that what is written on a form is far more important than what?
(a) What the people want.
(b) The government.
(c) The truth.
(d) What the bureaucrats say.

3. Scientists claim biblical Judaism was not a scripture-based religion, it was a(n) __________.
(a) Rabbinical tradition.
(b) A rival of religious elites.
(c) Iron Age cult.
(d) Series of elaborate rituals.

4. In most Semitic languages, what does "Eve" mean?
(a) Woman.
(b) Snake.
(c) Mother.
(d) Helper.

5. To what modern concept are the living-god pharaohs compared?
(a) Monotheism.
(b) Personal brands.
(c) Agricultural conglomerates.
(d) Tax collecting.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does modern science compare the human brain?

2. What British mathematician developed the Turing Test?

3. One core emotion shared by all mammals is ___________.

4. Writing and money made it possible to _______________.

5. The scientific formula led to breakthroughs in disciplines such as astronomy, physics, and medicine, but it could not deal with what issues?

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