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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. What is hubris?
(a) Humor.
(b) An unreasonable and blasphemous show of confidence.
(c) A system of agricultural processes.
(d) Human ingenuity.

2. In what year was The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy published?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1687.
(c) 1512.
(d) 1937.

3. Around what year did the first money appear in the world?
(a) 500 AD.
(b) 3000 BC.
(c) 2000 BC.
(d) 4000 BC.

4. The Oceanic World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?
(a) The continent of Australia.
(b) Most of western South America.
(c) Most of the islands of the south-western Pacific Ocean.
(d) Most of Central America and parts of North America.

5. What is NOT a point on the Scientific Revolution feedback loop image provided by the author?
(a) Research.
(b) Logic.
(c) Resources.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that "Today anyone with" what kind of income "can safely and easily circumnavigate the globe" (248)?

2. What does Harari NOT list among the "premodern traditions of knowledge" he discusses?

3. What term does Harari define as "a system of human norms and values that is founded on a belief in a superhuman order" (209)?

4. Harari asserts that "an empire is defined solely by its" (190) what?

5. Biological poverty is defined by Harari as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose does Harari include the painting called Franklin's Experiment within the chapter entitled The Discovery of Ignorance?

2. What is Harari's message regarding people's tendency to discriminate against outsiders?

3. After Harari describes the rise of Europe as a locus of power in the world, what caveat does he make?

4. Discuss Harari's treatment of the phenomenon of imperialism.

5. What connections does Harari draw among capitalism, modern science, and the emergence of European imperialism?

6. What is the author's view of the existence of an authentic, pure, and untouched culture?

7. How does Harari support his position that history is moving toward more unified and complex cultures?

8. What does Harari say is the key to understanding a particular culture?

9. What is Harari's purpose for alluding to the launching of the Great Survey of India that occurred on "10 April 1802" (297)?

10. How does Yuval Noah Harari define culture and what does he assert about its mutability?

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