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

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

3. Scientists believe emotions are actually ______.
(a) Subjective attitudes.
(b) Religious manifestations.
(c) Biochemical algorithms.
(d) Mystical phenomenon.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the single greatest constant in history?

3. What plague wiped out one-quarter of the population of Eurasia in the 1330s?

4. Why is the theory of relativity accepted but the theory of evolution is rejected?

5. What British mathematician developed the Turing Test?

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