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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. What British explorer first landed on the island of Hawaii?
(a) Galileo Galilei.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Captain James Cook.
(d) Francisco de Eguia.

2. According to Harari, what made it possible for Egyptians to build the great pyramids?
(a) The system of slaves and masters.
(b) Superb organizational skills.
(c) Extraterrestrial beings.
(d) Taxes collected from the people.

3. Why does money have value?
(a) It represents our wealth.
(b) It is the only way to buy things.
(c) Because people believe it has value.
(d) It is an exchange of goods.

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

5. What are the three uncontrollable forces of nature Harari believes man has conquered?
(a) War, plague, obesity.
(b) Famine, plague, war.
(c) Plague, war, injustice.
(d) Famine, weather, war.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the idea of having green lawns around dwellings begin?

2. What percentage of Americans believe God created humans in their current form?

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

4. What hunter-gatherer society still embraces the principles of animism?

5. Harari says that for modern people death is what?

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