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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 British mathematician developed the Turing Test?
(a) Clever Hans.
(b) Alan Turing.
(c) John Mills.
(d) Charles Darwin.

2. What pamphlet written by Karl Marx claims the modern world positively requires uncertainty and disturbance?
(a) Mein Kampf.
(b) The Communist Manifesto.
(c) The Problem of Other Minds.
(d) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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

4. Why were animal rights activists concerned about the robo-rat experiments?
(a) They were concerned that the rats were suffering.
(b) They were concerned the rats would be permanently damaged.
(c) They believed the experiments were a waste of time.
(d) They always protest animal experiments.

5. Evolutionary humanism is based on the theory of which philosopher?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) John Locke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Animists believe ______.

2. For what purpose is the U.S. military experimenting with implanting computer chips in the brains of soldiers?

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

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

5. What is the definition of humanism in Harari's book?

(see the answer key)

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