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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. Scientists claim biblical Judaism was not a scripture-based religion, it was a(n) __________.

2. During the Agricultural Revolution humans silenced animals and plants. During the Scientific Revolution humans silenced what or whom?

3. For what was Santino the chimpanzee at the Furuvik Zoo known?

4. The Declaration of Independence declares there are three unalienable rights: life, liberty, and ______?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the official epoch we live in today? Why does the author suggest the epoch should be called the Anthropocene epoch?

2. What type of warfare does Harari say could allow small countries and groups to fight superpowers?

3. What is an algorithm?

4. What are some of the ways domesticated farm animals are exploited?

5. Why does Harari say human beings have overcome famine, plague, and war?

6. What necessities are provided for domesticated animals?

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

8. What invention allowed humans to tell longer stories and organize their societies?

9. According to Harari, what is the cause of most misunderstandings between science and religion?

10. What was Epicurus's philosophy of life?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Upon what basis do modern scientists dismiss the existence of God and the existence of the human soul?

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