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

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

3. Animists believe ______.
(a) Humans are superior to all other species.
(b) Animals have no souls.
(c) Animals are subject to human whims.
(d) There is no essential gap separating humans from other animals.

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

5. What is the definition of humanism in Harari's book?
(a) Acting for the common good.
(b) Philosophy of free will.
(c) The value of humans over animals.
(d) The worship of humankind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the single greatest constant in history?

3. Humans learned to ensure that animals could survive and reproduce but what did humans ignore?

4. Chekhov said if there was a gun in Act One, what would happen in Act Three?

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

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