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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What written document helped thousands of Jews escape Nazi persecution in France?
(a) Proof of citizenship.
(b) A land grant.
(c) A driver's license.
(d) A visa.

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

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

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

5. What global health campaign wiped out smallpox?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Better hygiene.
(c) Aspirin.
(d) Vaccinations.

6. What is the Problem of Other Minds?
(a) The inability of science to prove human beings can think original thoughts.
(b) The philosophical belief that no one has a mind if it cannot be proved.
(c) Part of Darwin's theory concerned with the thought processes of chimpanzees.
(d) In philosophy, justifying the common sense belief that other people besides yourself have minds capable of thinking or feeling.

7. 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) It denies the existence of the human soul.
(d) People do not believe in the survival of the fittest.

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

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

10. What did Chinese bureaucrats do to make it seem as though Mao Zedong's agricultural program was working?
(a) They bought extra food from foreign governments.
(b) They created imaginary reports about increases in agricultural output.
(c) They withheld food from the poor to stock warehouses.
(d) They pretended not to know about Mao Zedong's program.

11. Education used to focus on educating students. What does education focus on now?
(a) Increasing teacher salaries.
(b) Understanding literature.
(c) Getting high marks.
(d) Reducing class sizes.

12. What is the definition of humanism in Harari's book?
(a) The worship of humankind.
(b) The value of humans over animals.
(c) Philosophy of free will.
(d) Acting for the common good.

13. What Catholic monk instigated the Protestant Reformation?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Johannes Tetzel.
(c) Martin Luther.
(d) Muhammad.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the fate of domesticated animals particularly harsh?

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

3. What was Clever Hans the horse able to do?

4. According to Harari, what is the correct classification of sensations and emotions?

5. Without some religion, what would it be impossible to maintain?

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