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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. Written documents are considered so important they can _____________.
(a) Keep track of historical information.
(b) Reshape reality to conform to what is written.
(c) Have more authority than the government.
(d) Force people to change their beliefs.

2. What artificial intelligence success did the computer called Deep Blue achieve?
(a) It had the highest score in the world on Pac-Man.
(b) It beat the world chess champion.
(c) It changed the rules of chess.
(d) It learned to play chess with only verbal instructions.

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

4. Why did the U.S. ban creating three parent babies?
(a) Ethical concerns.
(b) Economic impact.
(c) Social implications.
(d) Religious beliefs.

5. If humans focus their efforts only on glorifying deity, what might they neglect?
(a) Establishing bureaucracies.
(b) Scientific advances.
(c) The development of a united society.
(d) Bettering the lives of other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are many of the volunteers research professors use in their experiments?

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

3. Dataism views humans as tools for creating what entity?

4. What does the book's title, Homo Deus, mean?

5. What is the supreme value of Dataism?

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