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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 was the first deadly disease Europeans brought to North America?
(a) Measles.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Black Death.

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

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

4. What is biological engineering?
(a) Adding non-organic devices to the human body.
(b) Making changes to human DNA and the genetic code.
(c) The development of super powers.
(d) Scientists who also study engineering.

5. What did philosophers and prophets believe would happen if people stopped believing in a great cosmic plan?
(a) Law and order would vanish.
(b) God would die.
(c) Religions would cease to exist.
(d) Everyone would go to hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. When people follow an algorithmic social structure, how do individuals function in the algorithm?

2. In the modern age, scientific advancements made great strides due two what two factors?

3. Writing and money made it possible to _______________.

4. Scientists claim biblical Judaism was not a scripture-based religion, it was a(n) __________.

5. What is the title of Jorge Luis Borges' story about the narrating self?

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