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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Homo Sapiens Conquers the World: The Anthropocene.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Agricultural Revolution humans silenced animals and plants. During the Scientific Revolution humans silenced what or whom?
(a) Animists.
(b) Historians.
(c) Traditionalists.
(d) God.

2. Harari compares the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to what revolution?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) The Agricultural Revolution.
(c) The Information Age.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

3. Why did the U.S. ban creating three parent babies?
(a) Ethical concerns.
(b) Economic impact.
(c) Social implications.
(d) Religious beliefs.

4. Harari says that for modern people death is what?
(a) The logical end of life.
(b) A technical problem.
(c) A metaphysical phenomenon.
(d) The unconquerable problem.

5. One core emotion shared by all mammals is ___________.
(a) Self preservation.
(b) The survival of the fittest.
(c) The mother-infant bond.
(d) The instinct to run from danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What British mathematician developed the Turing Test?

2. What are the three uncontrollable forces of nature Harari believes man has conquered?

3. What is the Problem of Other Minds?

4. Humans learned to ensure that animals could survive and reproduce but what did humans ignore?

5. What global health campaign wiped out smallpox?

(see the answer key)

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