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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What culture invented writing and money?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Sumerians.
(c) Siamese.
(d) Egyptians.

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

3. To raise global happiness, what has to be done?
(a) Increase distribution of Ritalin.
(b) Increase global GDP.
(c) Manipulation of the human biochemistry.
(d) Follow the teachings of Buddha.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What French philosopher believed only humans feel and crave?

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

3. Scientists believe emotions are actually ______.

4. What is biological engineering?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Epicurus's philosophy of life?

2. The author makes a reference to a [Anton] Chekhov's law. What is the law and what does it mean?

3. What invention allowed humans to tell longer stories and organize their societies?

4. What are the two pillars of happiness according to Harari?

5. What culture invented writing and money?

6. According to Harari, what are the key interests of religion and science respectively?

7. What is the history that influences people to have a lawn in front of their houses?

8. When Europeans came to the Americas, what caused the deaths of millions of native people?

9. What did Harry Harlow's experiments with monkeys demonstrate?

10. What is the third level of reality only humans experience?

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