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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Homo Sapiens Loses Control: The Great Decoupling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The expression, "The customer is always right" is an example of humanist _____________.
(a) Ethics.
(b) Economics.
(c) Politics.
(d) Aesthetics.

2. In the sixteenth century, what did salvation peddlers do?
(a) Absolved sin.
(b) Opposed the pope.
(c) Preached Lutheran values.
(d) Sold indulgences.

3. Ethical judgments and factual statements result in __________.
(a) Philosophical disagreements.
(b) Conflicting opinions.
(c) Social norms.
(d) Practical guidelines.

4. What Catholic monk instigated the Protestant Reformation?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Martin Luther.
(d) Johannes Tetzel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Harari, what two things are being decoupled?

2. Why did the U.S. ban creating three parent babies?

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

4. What does Harari say humans must overcome to be like gods?

5. Without some religion, what would it be impossible to maintain?

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