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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 Storytellers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author claim is more dangerous than gunpowder?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Salt.
(c) Gluten.
(d) Pizza.

3. What is the single greatest constant in history?
(a) Everything changes.
(b) The future is unknown.
(c) People never change.
(d) We always learn lessons.

4. The Declaration of Independence declares there are three unalienable rights: life, liberty, and ______?
(a) The pursuit of happiness.
(b) The right to bear arms.
(c) The pursuit of knowledge.
(d) Freedom of speech.

5. What did Chinese bureaucrats do to make it seem as though Mao Zedong's agricultural program was working?
(a) They pretended not to know about Mao Zedong's program.
(b) They bought extra food from foreign governments.
(c) They created imaginary reports about increases in agricultural output.
(d) They withheld food from the poor to stock warehouses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the theory of evolution reject the idea of a human soul?

2. When people follow an algorithmic social structure, how do individuals function in the algorithm?

3. To what modern concept are the living-god pharaohs compared?

4. What French philosopher believed only humans feel and crave?

5. Eating too little used to kill many people. What kills many people today?

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