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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Homo Sapiens Loses Control: The Time Bomb in the Laboratory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the idea of having green lawns around dwellings begin?
(a) In the early 20th century.
(b) In ancient Greece.
(c) With the invention of tennis.
(d) In the Middle Ages.

2. Why does money have value?
(a) It is an exchange of goods.
(b) It is the only way to buy things.
(c) Because people believe it has value.
(d) It represents our wealth.

3. What do traditional monotheists consider the unique spark that homo sapiens possess?
(a) Greater ability to reason.
(b) Eternal souls.
(c) The ability to communicate.
(d) Exceptional intelligence.

4. Harari referred to algorithms as __________.
(a) An overrated concept.
(b) The doorway to cyborg engineering.
(c) The single most important concept in our world.
(d) The new revolution in thinking.

5. What is the title of Jorge Luis Borges' story about the narrating self?
(a) Quixote's Problem.
(b) The Quixote Fantasy.
(c) A Problem.
(d) The Options.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Harari say is the bedrock of liberal democracy?

4. In the sixteenth century, what did salvation peddlers do?

5. What does Harari call "The greatest scientific discovery"?

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