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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. According to Harari, what two things are being decoupled?
(a) Free will and determinism.
(b) Intelligence and value.
(c) Free will and consciousness.
(d) Intelligence and consciousness.
2. What does Dataism worship?
(a) Computer chips.
(b) Data.
(c) Algorithms.
(d) Superhumans.
3. What false message did Syrian hackers post on the Associated Press's Twitter account?
(a) The White House had been attacked and President Obama was hurt.
(b) The White House had been bombed and was on fire.
(c) President Obama was missing after a bombing attempt.
(d) The White House had been evacuated due to a terrorist threat.
4. What did scientists discover when they opened the proverbial Sapiens black box?
(a) Evolution influences experiences.
(b) Liberalism is a myth.
(c) There is no soul, no free will, and no self.
(d) Human experiences are random.
5. After World War I, what social movement did President Woodrow Wilson begin to support?
(a) Anti-slavery.
(b) Women's sufferage.
(c) Selective service.
(d) Civil rights.
Short Answer Questions
1. What revolutionary strategy did Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane use to select the best baseball players?
2. How did scientists increase their knowledge of the relationship between the two hemispheres of the brain?
3. Who are many of the volunteers research professors use in their experiments?
4. A Mattersight algorithm uses what information to direct callers to the best customer service person for them?
5. What animals detect the world around them using ecolocation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What quality is most important to business, government, and the military: intelligence or consciousness?
2. What is FOMO and why is it a problem?
3. With the decoupling of intelligence and consciousness, what is the risk to humans?
4. Why was German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized for her comments to a teenage Palestinian refugee girl?
5. Where do many research professors find volunteers for their experiments and tests?
6. What did the computer Watson do that changed the perception of artificial intelligence?
7. What are the two religions Harari says will develop to take the place of traditional religion?
8. What experience changed journalist Sally Adee's life after she tested the battlefield simulator in Ohio?
9. According to Harari, what two concepts are being decoupled?
10. What is the modern covenant Harari refers to?
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