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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 Odd Couple.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harari states that what is written on a form is far more important than what?
(a) The government.
(b) What the bureaucrats say.
(c) The truth.
(d) What the people want.

2. During the Agricultural Revolution humans silenced animals and plants. During the Scientific Revolution humans silenced what or whom?
(a) Traditionalists.
(b) Animists.
(c) Historians.
(d) God.

3. In the future, some myths and religions will be mightier than ever due to what?
(a) The decline of the theory of evolution.
(b) The rise of science.
(c) Dreams of immortality.
(d) The rise of Darwinsim.

4. Science deals with facts but cannot make __________.
(a) Political judgments.
(b) Ethical judgments.
(c) Liberal dogma.
(d) Moral claims.

5. The invention of writing enabled humans to organize societies in what manner?
(a) Under commandments given by God.
(b) As a bureaucratic society.
(c) In a hierarchical framework.
(d) In an algorithmic fashion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could be considered a new kind of myth?

2. What makes the fate of domesticated animals particularly harsh?

3. What global health campaign wiped out smallpox?

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

5. Which country was the first to recognize animals as sentient beings?

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