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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Animists believe ______.
(a) Animals have no souls.
(b) Animals are subject to human whims.
(c) Humans are superior to all other species.
(d) There is no essential gap separating humans from other animals.

2. Harari referred to algorithms as __________.
(a) The single most important concept in our world.
(b) An overrated concept.
(c) The new revolution in thinking.
(d) The doorway to cyborg engineering.

3. To what does modern science compare the human brain?
(a) An electrical storm.
(b) A self-driving car.
(c) A steam engine.
(d) A computer.

4. The Declaration of Independence declares there are three unalienable rights: life, liberty, and ______?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) The pursuit of knowledge.
(c) The right to bear arms.
(d) The pursuit of happiness.

5. What technology company is developing life-extending projects?
(a) Samsung.
(b) PayPal.
(c) Microsoft.
(d) Google.

6. What does Harari consider the best reason to learn history?
(a) To compare how far humans have come in their development.
(b) To understand how traditions started.
(c) To free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies.
(d) To avoid the mistakes of the past and think of the future.

7. What hunter-gatherer society still embraces the principles of animism?
(a) East Africans.
(b) The Navajo.
(c) The Incans.
(d) The Nayaka.

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

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

10. When did the idea of having green lawns around dwellings begin?
(a) In ancient Greece.
(b) In the Middle Ages.
(c) In the early 20th century.
(d) With the invention of tennis.

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

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

13. What Romanian dictator was stunned by someone who booed him during his speech?
(a) Tzar Nicholas.
(b) Ion Iliescu.
(c) Rene Descartes.
(d) Nicolae Ceausescu.

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

15. Sapiens live in a ___________-layered reality.
(a) Triple.
(b) Three-dimensional.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Double.

Short Answer Questions

1. What global health campaign wiped out smallpox?

2. In some civilizations, an extension of exploiting animals was followed by treating certain classes of people in what way?

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

4. To raise global happiness, what has to be done?

5. Humans learned to ensure that animals could survive and reproduce but what did humans ignore?

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