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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 Human Spark .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harari consider the best reason to learn history?
(a) To compare how far humans have come in their development.
(b) To understand how traditions started.
(c) To free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies.
(d) To avoid the mistakes of the past and think of the future.

2. How much of our bodily activities are accomplished without conscious feelings?
(a) 36%.
(b) 99%.
(c) 89%.
(d) 75%.

3. Chekhov said if there was a gun in Act One, what would happen in Act Three?
(a) Someone would use it.
(b) Someone would steal it.
(c) It would end the play.
(d) The main character would die.

4. What was Clever Hans the horse able to do?
(a) Cheat at cards.
(b) Run the Kentucky Derby.
(c) Understand commands in German.
(d) Give the answer to math problems by tapping his hoof.

5. What does Harari believe upsets many people about the theory of evolution?
(a) People do not believe in the survival of the fittest.
(b) It denies the existence of the human soul.
(c) Darwin's theory cannot be proven.
(d) People do not want to believe their ancestors were apes.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does modern science compare the human brain?

2. What does the book's title, Homo Deus, mean?

3. Who developed the theory of evolution?

4. What is biological engineering?

5. What makes the fate of domesticated animals particularly harsh?

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