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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to dualism, a human is __________.
(a) A pure soul and a loving mind.
(b) A flawed soul in a body that disintegrates.
(c) A good spiritual soul inside an evil material body.
(d) A healthy body and spirit.

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

5. To test whether or not an entity is real, what does Harari claim needs to be done?
(a) Trust your own judgment.
(b) Ask yourself if it can suffer.
(c) Find out how many people believe in the entity.
(d) Determine if the entity is effective.

6. What could be considered a new kind of myth?
(a) Humanist theories.
(b) Chinese proverbs.
(c) Fundamentalist stories.
(d) Scientific theories.

7. What percentage of Americans believe God created humans in their current form?
(a) 46%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 12%.

8. Why is the theory of relativity accepted but the theory of evolution is rejected?
(a) The theory of evolution is about animals.
(b) The theory of relativity does not change our religious beliefs.
(c) The theory of relativity is a scientific breakthrough.
(d) The theory of evolution cannot be proven.

9. Religion is a deal, whereas spirituality is ___________.
(a) A personal experience.
(b) A journey.
(c) Undefined.
(d) An unknown.

10. Eating too little used to kill many people. What kills many people today?
(a) Not eating the right things.
(b) Not enough exercise.
(c) Eating too much.
(d) Lack of water.

11. Why does money have value?
(a) It represents our wealth.
(b) It is an exchange of goods.
(c) Because people believe it has value.
(d) It is the only way to buy things.

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

13. What plague wiped out one-quarter of the population of Eurasia in the 1330s?
(a) The Smallpox Epidemic.
(b) The Red Death.
(c) Tuberculosis Infection.
(d) The Black Death.

14. Harari claims that humans are going to replace the principles of natural selection with what other principles?
(a) Theism.
(b) Survival of the Fittest.
(c) Artificial Design.
(d) Animism.

15. What does Harari say humans must overcome to be like gods?
(a) Epidemics.
(b) Death.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Malnutrition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari referred to algorithms as __________.

2. Who was the person that saved thousands of Jews during World War II by providing visas even after he was told not to?

3. Scientists claim biblical Judaism was not a scripture-based religion, it was a(n) __________.

4. Why does Harari say American lives are valued more than the lives of the average Afghan?

5. What does Harari believe upsets many people about the theory of evolution?

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