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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. In some civilizations, an extension of exploiting animals was followed by treating certain classes of people in what way?
(a) As if they should be raised in cages.
(b) As if they would live forever.
(c) As if they were less important than animals.
(d) As if they were property.

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

3. What did Daniel Kahneman's cold-water experiment prove?
(a) Water temperature can change sensory perception.
(b) Humans do not remember painful experiences if it is followed by a reward.
(c) Humans withdraw from pain.
(d) The existence of two different selves within humans.

4. To what does modern science compare the human brain?
(a) A computer.
(b) A self-driving car.
(c) A steam engine.
(d) An electrical storm.

5. Under the Modern Covenant, humans give up meaning for what?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Economic growth.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chinese bureaucrats do to make it seem as though Mao Zedong's agricultural program was working?

2. According to Harari, what is the only place where free will exists?

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

4. Religion is interested in order while science is interested in ___________.

5. Who was the person that saved thousands of Jews during World War II by providing visas even after he was told not to?

(see the answer key)

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