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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 could be considered a new kind of myth?
(a) Fundamentalist stories.
(b) Humanist theories.
(c) Chinese proverbs.
(d) Scientific theories.

2. Harari referred to algorithms as __________.
(a) The doorway to cyborg engineering.
(b) An overrated concept.
(c) The single most important concept in our world.
(d) The new revolution in thinking.

3. What do traditional monotheists consider the unique spark that homo sapiens possess?
(a) Greater ability to reason.
(b) Eternal souls.
(c) Exceptional intelligence.
(d) The ability to communicate.

4. According to Harari, what causes many of Africa's present-day problems?
(a) Weak leadership in African countries.
(b) The enslavement of Africa's best workers.
(c) The fact that African borders make little sense.
(d) The disintegration of colonialism.

5. What percentage of Americans believe God created humans in their current form?
(a) 46%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 12%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of fearing asteroids, climate change, or volcanoes, what should we fear, according to the author?

2. What global health campaign wiped out smallpox?

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

4. What does Harari call the nemesis of the modern economy?

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

(see the answer key)

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