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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. In what religious philosophy do humans replace gods?
(a) Humanist.
(b) Agricultural.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Liberalist.

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

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

4. Instead of fearing asteroids, climate change, or volcanoes, what should we fear, according to the author?
(a) Domesticated animals.
(b) Birds.
(c) Science.
(d) Ourselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Problem of Other Minds?

2. As a result of the Agricultural Revolution, humans insured the survival and reproduction of domesticated animals while ignoring what?

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

4. Scientists believe emotions are actually ______.

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

(see the answer key)

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