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

2. What historical epoch do we live in today?
(a) Pleistocene.
(b) Pliocene.
(c) Holocene.
(d) Miocene.

3. What does Harari say humans must overcome to be like gods?
(a) Malnutrition.
(b) Epidemics.
(c) Death.
(d) Poverty.

4. When did the idea of having green lawns around dwellings begin?
(a) In the Middle Ages.
(b) In the early 20th century.
(c) With the invention of tennis.
(d) In ancient Greece.

5. Why do scientists believe in the mind, or consciousness, but not the soul?
(a) If you have a mind, you can think.
(b) The soul has no visible flow.
(c) The mind is part of the brain.
(d) The mind is a reality we can see.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed the theory of evolution?

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

3. For what was Santino the chimpanzee at the Furuvik Zoo known?

4. Scientists believe emotions are actually ______.

5. What is the single greatest constant in history?

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