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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In some civilizations, an extension of exploiting animals was followed by treating certain classes of people in what way?
(a) As if they were property.
(b) As if they should be raised in cages.
(c) As if they were less important than animals.
(d) As if they would live forever.

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

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

4. Scientists claim biblical Judaism was not a scripture-based religion, it was a(n) __________.
(a) A rival of religious elites.
(b) Series of elaborate rituals.
(c) Iron Age cult.
(d) Rabbinical tradition.

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

6. In what religious philosophy do humans replace gods?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Humanist.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Liberalist.

7. One core emotion shared by all mammals is ___________.
(a) The survival of the fittest.
(b) The mother-infant bond.
(c) Self preservation.
(d) The instinct to run from danger.

8. Religion is interested in order while science is interested in ___________.
(a) Technology.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Power.
(d) Advancement.

9. What British mathematician developed the Turing Test?
(a) Clever Hans.
(b) Alan Turing.
(c) John Mills.
(d) Charles Darwin.

10. According to Harari, what causes many of Africa's present-day problems?
(a) Weak leadership in African countries.
(b) The disintegration of colonialism.
(c) The enslavement of Africa's best workers.
(d) The fact that African borders make little sense.

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

12. What British explorer first landed on the island of Hawaii?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) Captain James Cook.
(c) Francisco de Eguia.
(d) Galileo Galilei.

13. Why do scientists deny the existence of God?
(a) They are not religious.
(b) The idea of God is old-fashioned.
(c) Science has better answers to difficult questions.
(d) There is no empirical data to prove His existence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari compares the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to what revolution?

2. Writing and money made it possible to _______________.

3. What does Harari say humans must overcome to be like gods?

4. Instead of fearing asteroids, climate change, or volcanoes, what should we fear, according to the author?

5. Written documents are considered so important they can _____________.

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