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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 Romanian dictator was stunned by someone who booed him during his speech?
(a) Ion Iliescu.
(b) Nicolae Ceausescu.
(c) Tzar Nicholas.
(d) Rene Descartes.

2. Harari compares the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to what revolution?
(a) The Information Age.
(b) The Agricultural Revolution.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

3. Which country was the first to recognize animals as sentient beings?
(a) Austrailia.
(b) Great Britian.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Canada.

4. Eating too little used to kill many people. What kills many people today?
(a) Eating too much.
(b) Not eating the right things.
(c) Not enough exercise.
(d) Lack of water.

5. Education used to focus on educating students. What does education focus on now?
(a) Increasing teacher salaries.
(b) Understanding literature.
(c) Reducing class sizes.
(d) Getting high marks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chinese bureaucrats do to make it seem as though Mao Zedong's agricultural program was working?

2. According to Harari, what causes many of Africa's present-day problems?

3. What common algorithm is used in cooking?

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

5. One core emotion shared by all mammals is ___________.

(see the answer key)

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