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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. How much of our bodily activities are accomplished without conscious feelings?
(a) 75%.
(b) 99%.
(c) 36%.
(d) 89%.

2. Harari claims that "life has no script, no playwright, no director, no producer, and ____________."
(a) No meaning.
(b) No reality.
(c) No free will.
(d) No power.

3. Which country was the first to recognize animals as sentient beings?
(a) Austrailia.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Great Britian.
(d) Canada.

4. What must humans do to compete with non-conscious intelligence?
(a) Actively upgrade their minds.
(b) Pursue medical upgrades to be superhuman.
(c) Have a computer chip implanted in their brains.
(d) Learn sophisticated algorithms.

5. If we devote ourselves solely to economic growth, what social structure could suffer?
(a) Family ties.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Education.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what was Santino the chimpanzee at the Furuvik Zoo known?

2. How are modern teenagers acquiring an understanding of capitalism?

3. How does censorship work in the twenty-first century?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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