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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Homo Sapiens Gives Meaning To The World: The Odd Couple.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eating too little used to kill many people. What kills many people today?
(a) Eating too much.
(b) Lack of water.
(c) Not eating the right things.
(d) Not enough exercise.

2. According to Harari, what made it possible for Egyptians to build the great pyramids?
(a) The system of slaves and masters.
(b) Superb organizational skills.
(c) Extraterrestrial beings.
(d) Taxes collected from the people.

3. What does Harari say humans must overcome to be like gods?
(a) Epidemics.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Death.
(d) Malnutrition.

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

5. In the sixteenth century, what did salvation peddlers do?
(a) Preached Lutheran values.
(b) Absolved sin.
(c) Opposed the pope.
(d) Sold indulgences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harari compares the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to what revolution?

2. Written documents are considered so important they can _____________.

3. Who was the person that saved thousands of Jews during World War II by providing visas even after he was told not to?

4. What does Harari believe upsets many people about the theory of evolution?

5. Why do scientists deny the existence of God?

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