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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 does Harari claim is necessary for scientific advancements?
(a) Economic growth.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Natural selection.

2. Religion is interested in order while science is interested in ___________.
(a) Advancement.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Power.
(d) Technology.

3. Who was the person that saved thousands of Jews during World War II by providing visas even after he was told not to?
(a) Mao Zedong.
(b) Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
(c) John Phillips Sousa.
(d) Karl Marx.

4. What kept people in the Middle Ages from making advances in science?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) A disorganized society.
(c) Lack of education.
(d) Physical labor.

5. What global health campaign wiped out smallpox?
(a) Vaccinations.
(b) Better hygiene.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Aspirin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Humanism is divided into which three branches?

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

3. In medieval Europe, if people wanted the answer to an important question, they would do which of the following?

4. What is the single greatest constant in history?

5. Humanism changed our perception of war and its focus on heroes and generals to _____________.

(see the answer key)

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