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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To test whether or not an entity is real, what does Harari claim needs to be done?

2. What historical epoch do we live in today?

3. What plague wiped out one-quarter of the population of Eurasia in the 1330s?

4. According to dualism, a human is __________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Harari say that "Sugar is more dangerous than gunpowder" (15)?

2. What are the three ways humans can be upgraded into gods?

3. What is an algorithm?

4. What is the theory of natural selection?

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

6. Why does the author state that in practice the life of an American is valued more than the life of an Afghan?

7. Why does the theory of evolution spark such controversy?

8. How did John Stuart Mill describe happiness?

9. What strategy do people with no real power use to influence political change?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harari declares, "Sugar is now more dangerous than gunpowder" (15). What point is the author trying to make with this metaphor?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Harari's concept of intersubjective reality.

Essay Topic 3

How does the attempt to realize the humanist dream undermine its foundations?

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