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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of most misunderstandings regarding science and religion?
(a) Faulty definitions of religion.
(b) Faith in the supernatural.
(c) Poor knowledge of science.
(d) Out-dated scientific knowledge.

2. What is biological engineering?
(a) Adding non-organic devices to the human body.
(b) The development of super powers.
(c) Scientists who also study engineering.
(d) Making changes to human DNA and the genetic code.

3. In the future, some myths and religions will be mightier than ever due to what?
(a) Dreams of immortality.
(b) The decline of the theory of evolution.
(c) The rise of science.
(d) The rise of Darwinsim.

4. What was Clever Hans the horse able to do?
(a) Understand commands in German.
(b) Run the Kentucky Derby.
(c) Give the answer to math problems by tapping his hoof.
(d) Cheat at cards.

5. Harari says that for modern people death is what?
(a) The logical end of life.
(b) A technical problem.
(c) A metaphysical phenomenon.
(d) The unconquerable problem.

6. Why do scientists believe in the mind, or consciousness, but not the soul?
(a) The mind is a reality we can see.
(b) The soul has no visible flow.
(c) If you have a mind, you can think.
(d) The mind is part of the brain.

7. What does Harari say serves as the foundations and pillars of human societies?
(a) Stories.
(b) Religion.
(c) Money.
(d) Writing.

8. Religions have a tendency to turn factual statements into what?
(a) Debatable theory.
(b) Confusing morality.
(c) Ethical judgments.
(d) Religious dogma.

9. What does Harari believe upsets many people about the theory of evolution?
(a) Darwin's theory cannot be proven.
(b) People do not believe in the survival of the fittest.
(c) People do not want to believe their ancestors were apes.
(d) It denies the existence of the human soul.

10. What makes the fate of domesticated animals particularly harsh?
(a) They do not have shelter.
(b) They can be killed by wild animals.
(c) The way they die.
(d) The way they live.

11. Writing and money made it possible to _______________.
(a) Start collecting taxes.
(b) Count the number of people.
(c) Sell land.
(d) Start businesses.

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

13. Why does the theory of evolution reject the idea of a human soul?
(a) The soul has no parts.
(b) The soul is invisible.
(c) Evolution is strictly physical.
(d) The soul is a myth.

14. To what modern concept are the living-god pharaohs compared?
(a) Agricultural conglomerates.
(b) Personal brands.
(c) Tax collecting.
(d) Monotheism.

15. Chekhov said if there was a gun in Act One, what would happen in Act Three?
(a) It would end the play.
(b) Someone would steal it.
(c) The main character would die.
(d) Someone would use it.

Short Answer Questions

1. To test whether or not an entity is real, what does Harari claim needs to be done?

2. Why is the theory of relativity accepted but the theory of evolution is rejected?

3. What plague wiped out one-quarter of the population of Eurasia in the 1330s?

4. What culture invented writing and money?

5. Harari referred to algorithms as __________.

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