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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. How did scientists increase their knowledge of the relationship between the two hemispheres of the brain?
(a) Experiments with soldiers with PTSD.
(b) Experiments involving people with head injuries.
(c) Experiments with epilepsy patients.
(d) Stimulating the brain's hemispheres with electrodes.

2. To what modern concept are the living-god pharaohs compared?
(a) Monotheism.
(b) Agricultural conglomerates.
(c) Tax collecting.
(d) Personal brands.

3. Harari states that economic growth could be considered a religion because it provides solutions to which of life's dilemmas?
(a) Social.
(b) Spirutual.
(c) Ethical.
(d) Scientific.

4. What does Harari call the nemesis of the modern economy?
(a) Out-dated religious beliefs.
(b) Socialist Humanism.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) Ecological collapse.

5. Education used to focus on educating students. What does education focus on now?
(a) Understanding literature.
(b) Getting high marks.
(c) Increasing teacher salaries.
(d) Reducing class sizes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What economic and political system adheres to the principles of a free market?

2. Harari compares the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to what revolution?

3. The expression, "The customer is always right" is an example of humanist _____________.

4. What did philosophers and prophets believe would happen if people stopped believing in a great cosmic plan?

5. According to Harari, what causes many of Africa's present-day problems?

(see the answer key)

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