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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. What Romanian dictator was stunned by someone who booed him during his speech?

2. Which country was the first to recognize animals as sentient beings?

3. In the sixteenth century, what did salvation peddlers do?

4. Instead of fearing asteroids, climate change, or volcanoes, what should we fear, according to the author?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why will humans keep striving for something better?

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

4. What is a "three-parent baby"?

5. How did John Stuart Mill describe happiness?

6. What is an algorithm?

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

8. What is the theory of natural selection?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is humanism superior to religion and the belief in God?

Essay Topic 2

How do spiritual journeys differ from religions?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how faulty definitions of religion are the cause of most misunderstandings between science and religion.

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