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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Homo Sapiens Loses Control: The Time Bomb in the Laboratory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the modern age, scientific advancements made great strides due two what two factors?
(a) The death of religion and economic growth.
(b) Trust in the future and credit.
(c) Better education and bankers.
(d) Greater social power and individual freedom.

2. In the future, some myths and religions will be mightier than ever due to what?
(a) The rise of Darwinsim.
(b) Dreams of immortality.
(c) The decline of the theory of evolution.
(d) The rise of science.

3. What did philosophers and prophets believe would happen if people stopped believing in a great cosmic plan?
(a) Everyone would go to hell.
(b) God would die.
(c) Religions would cease to exist.
(d) Law and order would vanish.

4. Harari states that economic growth could be considered a religion because it provides solutions to which of life's dilemmas?
(a) Ethical.
(b) Spirutual.
(c) Social.
(d) Scientific.

5. One core emotion shared by all mammals is ___________.
(a) The survival of the fittest.
(b) The mother-infant bond.
(c) The instinct to run from danger.
(d) Self preservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What culture invented writing and money?

2. What does Harari say is the bedrock of liberal democracy?

3. If we devote ourselves solely to economic growth, what social structure could suffer?

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

5. What did Daniel Kahneman's cold-water experiment prove?

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