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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. What did premodern humans believe their lives gained for giving up power?
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Protection.
(d) Meaning.

2. According to Harari, what makes people believe in imaginary entities like God?
(a) Agree with their beliefs.
(b) Make passionate speeches.
(c) Make them sacrifice something.
(d) Give them a reward.

3. Why does the theory of evolution reject the idea of a human soul?
(a) The soul has no parts.
(b) Evolution is strictly physical.
(c) The soul is invisible.
(d) The soul is a myth.

4. In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was considered what type of ruler?
(a) A representative of god.
(b) An actual god.
(c) A national treasure.
(d) A king.

5. According to dualism, a human is __________.
(a) A healthy body and spirit.
(b) A flawed soul in a body that disintegrates.
(c) A good spiritual soul inside an evil material body.
(d) A pure soul and a loving mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Agricultural Revolution humans silenced animals and plants. During the Scientific Revolution humans silenced what or whom?

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

3. What Catholic monk instigated the Protestant Reformation?

4. What movement changed the formula for gaining knowledge to Knowledge = Empirical Data x Mathematics?

5. Harari states that economic growth could be considered a religion because it provides solutions to which of life's dilemmas?

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