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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. Writing and money made it possible to _______________.
(a) Start collecting taxes.
(b) Start businesses.
(c) Sell land.
(d) Count the number of people.

2. Harari referred to algorithms as __________.
(a) An overrated concept.
(b) The new revolution in thinking.
(c) The single most important concept in our world.
(d) The doorway to cyborg engineering.

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

4. To test whether or not an entity is real, what does Harari claim needs to be done?
(a) Determine if the entity is effective.
(b) Find out how many people believe in the entity.
(c) Trust your own judgment.
(d) Ask yourself if it can suffer.

5. Why does Harari say American lives are valued more than the lives of the average Afghan?
(a) America is larger than Afghanistan.
(b) Americans make more money than Afghans.
(c) More money is invested in the education, health and safety of Americans.
(d) Afghanistan is not as developed as America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What British explorer first landed on the island of Hawaii?

2. What does the author claim is more dangerous than gunpowder?

3. What global health campaign wiped out smallpox?

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

5. Harari compares the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to what revolution?

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