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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Homo Sapiens Conquers the World: The Anthropocene.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What common algorithm is used in cooking?
(a) The temperature.
(b) The sequence of ingredients.
(c) A recipe.
(d) Measuring.

2. What British mathematician developed the Turing Test?
(a) Alan Turing.
(b) Clever Hans.
(c) John Mills.
(d) Charles Darwin.

3. Why did the U.S. ban creating three parent babies?
(a) Ethical concerns.
(b) Social implications.
(c) Religious beliefs.
(d) Economic impact.

4. What was the first deadly disease Europeans brought to North America?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Black Death.

5. Harari compares the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to what revolution?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) The Agricultural Revolution.
(c) The Information Age.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the book's title, Homo Deus, mean?

2. Scientists believe emotions are actually ______.

3. Harari referred to algorithms as __________.

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

5. One core emotion shared by all mammals is ___________.

(see the answer key)

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