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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 the author claim is more dangerous than gunpowder?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Gluten.
(d) Salt.

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

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

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

5. What is biological engineering?
(a) Making changes to human DNA and the genetic code.
(b) Scientists who also study engineering.
(c) Adding non-organic devices to the human body.
(d) The development of super powers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Scientists believe emotions are actually ______.

3. What was the first deadly disease Europeans brought to North America?

4. Harari referred to algorithms as __________.

5. Why does money have value?

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