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

2. What culture invented writing and money?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Siamese.
(c) Sumerians.
(d) Egyptians.

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

4. What makes the fate of domesticated animals particularly harsh?
(a) The way they die.
(b) They can be killed by wild animals.
(c) They do not have shelter.
(d) The way they live.

5. What French philosopher believed only humans feel and crave?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Denis Diderot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chekhov said if there was a gun in Act One, what would happen in Act Three?

2. What do traditional monotheists consider the unique spark that homo sapiens possess?

3. What global health campaign wiped out smallpox?

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

5. Harari claims that humans are going to replace the principles of natural selection with what other principles?

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