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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 did Daniel Kahneman's cold-water experiment prove?
(a) Water temperature can change sensory perception.
(b) The existence of two different selves within humans.
(c) Humans withdraw from pain.
(d) Humans do not remember painful experiences if it is followed by a reward.

2. The rise of humanism meant there was less focus on God and more focus on what?
(a) Liberalism.
(b) Technology.
(c) Humans.
(d) Feelings.

3. What is the new species that will develop when Homo Sapiens is extinct?
(a) Homo Erectus.
(b) Homogeneous.
(c) Superhumans.
(d) Homo Deus.

4. What does Dataism worship?
(a) Algorithms.
(b) Superhumans.
(c) Data.
(d) Computer chips.

5. What does Harari call the nemesis of the modern economy?
(a) Unemployment.
(b) Ecological collapse.
(c) Out-dated religious beliefs.
(d) Socialist Humanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did scientists discover when they opened the proverbial Sapiens black box?

2. Humanism claims that instead of looking to a supreme being or authority to define meaning, people should rely on _______.

3. The expression, "The customer is always right" is an example of humanist _____________.

4. What is the danger humans face as intelligence and consciousness are uncoupled?

5. What group of individuals are being held responsible for the potential reversal of the humanist revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the modern covenant Harari refers to?

2. In the mid-twentieth century, what was the treatment used for individuals with epilepsy when all other treatments failed?

3. What is the "Our Boys Didn't Die in Vain" syndrome?

4. What do strategy games such as Minecraft and The Settlers of Catan teach teenagers?

5. With the decoupling of intelligence and consciousness, what is the risk to humans?

6. What is evolutionary humanism?

7. What did the computer Watson do that changed the perception of artificial intelligence?

8. What happens when everyone begins using the same oracle and believing the same oracle?

9. What experience changed journalist Sally Adee's life after she tested the battlefield simulator in Ohio?

10. What are the two religions Harari says will develop to take the place of traditional religion?

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