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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. Harari claims that humans are going to replace the principles of natural selection with what other principles?
(a) Survival of the Fittest.
(b) Theism.
(c) Animism.
(d) Artificial Design.

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

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

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

5. What was the first deadly disease Europeans brought to North America?
(a) Measles.
(b) Black Death.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Smallpox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Problem of Other Minds?

2. What does the author claim is more dangerous than gunpowder?

3. What does Harari consider the best reason to learn history?

4. What is biological engineering?

5. Why do scientists deny the existence of God?

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