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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Homo Sapiens Loses Control: The Great Decoupling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does modern science compare the human brain?
(a) An electrical storm.
(b) A steam engine.
(c) A self-driving car.
(d) A computer.

2. Why does money have value?
(a) It is an exchange of goods.
(b) It is the only way to buy things.
(c) Because people believe it has value.
(d) It represents our wealth.

3. Harari claims that "life has no script, no playwright, no director, no producer, and ____________."
(a) No reality.
(b) No meaning.
(c) No power.
(d) No free will.

4. How much of our bodily activities are accomplished without conscious feelings?
(a) 75%.
(b) 36%.
(c) 99%.
(d) 89%.

5. What pamphlet written by Karl Marx claims the modern world positively requires uncertainty and disturbance?
(a) The Communist Manifesto.
(b) Mein Kampf.
(c) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
(d) The Problem of Other Minds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari states that economic growth could be considered a religion because it provides solutions to which of life's dilemmas?

2. How are modern teenagers acquiring an understanding of capitalism?

3. Humans can do whatever they choose and are only constrained by what?

4. What does Harari call the nemesis of the modern economy?

5. According to Harari, what two things are being decoupled?

(see the answer key)

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