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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device is the U.S. army developing to improve a soldier's decision-making process?
(a) Implanted computer chips.
(b) Virtual reality goggles.
(c) An immersion chamber.
(d) An attention helmet.

2. Harari claims that humans are not individuals they are _________.
(a) Multi-dimensional.
(b) Dividuals.
(c) Dualities.
(d) Subjective algorithms.

3. How are modern teenagers acquiring an understanding of capitalism?
(a) Through their parent's examples and experiences.
(b) Through the influence of marketing.
(c) Through civilization-style strategy games that focus on investment and growth.
(d) Through use of social media with people from other countries.

4. After World War I, what social movement did President Woodrow Wilson begin to support?
(a) Anti-slavery.
(b) Selective service.
(c) Women's sufferage.
(d) Civil rights.

5. What French philosopher believed only humans feel and crave?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Denis Diderot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept people in the Middle Ages from making advances in science?

2. How much of our bodily activities are accomplished without conscious feelings?

3. In what religious philosophy do humans replace gods?

4. Why do scientists believe in the mind, or consciousness, but not the soul?

5. Where does Harari say new religions will come from?

(see the answer key)

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