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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. Most scholars of culture have concluded that every culture's "typical beliefs, norms, and values" (163) are what?
(a) Static.
(b) Recorded for all within the culture to see.
(c) In constant flux.
(d) Understood by all members of the culture.

2. The main argument present within the work entitled The New Instrument is that knowledge is what?
(a) Power.
(b) Helping humankind to progress.
(c) A tool of survival.
(d) Ignorance.

3. Harari states that "Today anyone with" what kind of income "can safely and easily circumnavigate the globe" (248)?
(a) A fixed income.
(b) An upper-class income.
(c) A middle-class income.
(d) A white collar income.

4. In what year was the scientific manifesto entitled The New Instrument published?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1512.
(c) 1438.
(d) 1620.

5. The Mesoamerican World comprised which parts of earth in 1450 AD?
(a) Most of western South America.
(b) Only the continent of Australia.
(c) Most of Central America and parts of North America.
(d) Australia and eastern Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari asserts that barley has what type of intrinsic value?

2. In what millenium does Harari assert that people began to believe that a single order could rule all of humanity?

3. What is NOT listed among the elements that qualify a political order as an empire?

4. From what culture did the myth of Gilgamesh spring?

5. What is hubris?

Short Essay Questions

1. Analyze Harari's discussion of syncretism and its connection to both contradiction and success.

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

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

4. What evidence does Harari use to demonstrate the profound effect that empires and their belief systems have had on history, even among those cultures that consider themselves anti-imperialist?

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

6. What is the definition of the term "memetics" (242) and how do most scholars in the humanities feel about it?

7. What evidence does Harari provide for his assertion that "the practices of empire-builders were entangled with those of scientists"? (296)

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

9. What is Harari's view of how the Cook expedition marked a turning point within European history?

10. How does Harari define the term "culturism" (303)?

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