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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the book's title, Homo Deus, mean?
(a) Immortal Humans.
(b) Same God.
(c) Two Humanities.
(d) Human God.

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

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

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

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

7. What do traditional monotheists consider the unique spark that homo sapiens possess?
(a) Exceptional intelligence.
(b) The ability to communicate.
(c) Eternal souls.
(d) Greater ability to reason.

8. What are the three uncontrollable forces of nature Harari believes man has conquered?
(a) Plague, war, injustice.
(b) War, plague, obesity.
(c) Famine, weather, war.
(d) Famine, plague, war.

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

10. In most Semitic languages, what does "Eve" mean?
(a) Woman.
(b) Mother.
(c) Snake.
(d) Helper.

11. The invention of writing enabled humans to organize societies in what manner?
(a) Under commandments given by God.
(b) In a hierarchical framework.
(c) As a bureaucratic society.
(d) In an algorithmic fashion.

12. Who developed the theory of evolution?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Harry Harlow.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Charles Darwin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the theory of evolution reject the idea of a human soul?

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

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

4. What does Harari consider the best reason to learn history?

5. As a result of the Agricultural Revolution, humans insured the survival and reproduction of domesticated animals while ignoring what?

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