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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did premodern humans believe their lives gained for giving up power?
(a) Protection.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Meaning.

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

3. What does Harari consider the best reason to learn history?
(a) To understand how traditions started.
(b) To compare how far humans have come in their development.
(c) To avoid the mistakes of the past and think of the future.
(d) To free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies.

4. Evolutionary humanism is based on the theory of which philosopher?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Karl Marx.

5. What animals detect the world around them using ecolocation?
(a) Bats.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Moths.
(d) Whales.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Humanism changed our perception of war and its focus on heroes and generals to _____________.

3. According to Harari, what causes many of Africa's present-day problems?

4. What experiment do scientists conduct in robo-rat laboratories?

5. After World War I, what social movement did President Woodrow Wilson begin to support?

(see the answer key)

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