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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Homo Sapiens Gives Meaning To The World: The Storytellers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What common algorithm is used in cooking?
(a) A recipe.
(b) The temperature.
(c) The sequence of ingredients.
(d) Measuring.

4. Why do scientists deny the existence of God?
(a) The idea of God is old-fashioned.
(b) Science has better answers to difficult questions.
(c) There is no empirical data to prove His existence.
(d) They are not religious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harari say humans must overcome to be like gods?

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

3. To what modern concept are the living-god pharaohs compared?

4. Education used to focus on educating students. What does education focus on now?

5. What culture invented writing and money?

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