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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Humans learned to ensure that animals could survive and reproduce but what did humans ignore?
(a) Animal's objective needs.
(b) Animal's biochemical needs.
(c) Animal's subjective needs.
(d) Animal's biomedical algorithm.

2. As a result of the Agricultural Revolution, humans insured the survival and reproduction of domesticated animals while ignoring what?
(a) The natural habitat of animals.
(b) The subjective needs of animals.
(c) The means of distribution.
(d) Population control.

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

4. Why do scientists believe in the mind, or consciousness, but not the soul?
(a) The soul has no visible flow.
(b) If you have a mind, you can think.
(c) The mind is part of the brain.
(d) The mind is a reality we can see.

5. What global health campaign wiped out smallpox?
(a) Better hygiene.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Vaccinations.
(d) Aspirin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the U.S. ban creating three parent babies?

2. Animists believe ______.

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

4. Science deals with facts but cannot make __________.

5. What is the cause of most misunderstandings regarding science and religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Harari, what are the key interests of religion and science respectively?

2. Why does the author state that in practice the life of an American is valued more than the life of an Afghan?

3. Why does Harari say that "Sugar is more dangerous than gunpowder" (15)?

4. When Europeans came to the Americas, what caused the deaths of millions of native people?

5. What was Epicurus's philosophy of life?

6. The author makes a reference to a [Anton] Chekhov's law. What is the law and what does it mean?

7. How did John Stuart Mill describe happiness?

8. What happened during the Cognitive Revolution?

9. What are the two pillars of happiness according to Harari?

10. What did Harry Harlow's experiments with monkeys demonstrate?

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