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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. Humanism is divided into which three branches?
(a) Liberal, Socialist, Economic.
(b) Economic, Scientific, Liberal.
(c) Socialist, Economic, Scientific.
(d) Liberal, Socialist, Evolutionary.

2. What causes people to believe in free will?
(a) Biochemical processes.
(b) Irrationality.
(c) Biblical teachings.
(d) Faulty logic.

3. What animals detect the world around them using ecolocation?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Bats.
(c) Whales.
(d) Moths.

4. Because inventions have many applications, what two disciplines work together to create a balance?
(a) Religion and Biology.
(b) Science and Socialism.
(c) Technology and Humanism.
(d) Religion and Technology.

5. How are modern teenagers acquiring an understanding of capitalism?
(a) Through civilization-style strategy games that focus on investment and growth.
(b) Through use of social media with people from other countries.
(c) Through the influence of marketing.
(d) Through their parent's examples and experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What device is the U.S. army developing to improve a soldier's decision-making process?

2. Who are many of the volunteers research professors use in their experiments?

3. If we devote ourselves solely to economic growth, what social structure could suffer?

4. According to Harai, where is the most interesting place in the world from a religious standpoint?

5. What does Harari say is the bedrock of liberal democracy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is socialist humanism?

2. Why was German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized for her comments to a teenage Palestinian refugee girl?

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

4. Politicians and economists insist growth is vital for what three reasons?

5. What is the crucial problem that may prevent humans from finding employment?

6. How does the "more stuff" credo affect society?

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

8. According to Harari, what two concepts are being decoupled?

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

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

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