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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. Why is research about the healthy mind questionable?
(a) The sample groups were too small.
(b) The experiments were faulty.
(c) Most of the subjects came from a group called WEIRD.
(d) There were too many non-American subjects.

2. If we devote ourselves solely to economic growth, what social structure could suffer?
(a) Family ties.
(b) Education.
(c) Religion.
(d) Democracy.

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

4. Instead of healing the sick, what is the new focus of medicine?
(a) Maintaining good health.
(b) Upgrading the healthy.
(c) Downgrading normal humans.
(d) Creating superhumans.

5. The scientific formula led to breakthroughs in disciplines such as astronomy, physics, and medicine, but it could not deal with what issues?
(a) Social trends.
(b) Questions of value and meaning.
(c) Religious observance.
(d) Free will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were animal rights activists concerned about the robo-rat experiments?

2. What artificial organ was successfully tested by Yale University in 2014?

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

4. What artificial intelligence success did the computer called Deep Blue achieve?

5. According to Harari, what makes people believe in imaginary entities like God?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do socialist humanists claim happens when liberal humanists focus only on themselves?

3. What is FOMO and why is it a problem?

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

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

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

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

8. Where do many research professors find volunteers for their experiments and tests?

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

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

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