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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. What Romanian dictator was stunned by someone who booed him during his speech?
(a) Tzar Nicholas.
(b) Nicolae Ceausescu.
(c) Ion Iliescu.
(d) Rene Descartes.

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

3. Why is the theory of relativity accepted but the theory of evolution is rejected?
(a) The theory of relativity is a scientific breakthrough.
(b) The theory of evolution is about animals.
(c) The theory of relativity does not change our religious beliefs.
(d) The theory of evolution cannot be proven.

4. Scientists believe emotions are actually ______.
(a) Mystical phenomenon.
(b) Religious manifestations.
(c) Biochemical algorithms.
(d) Subjective attitudes.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What culture invented writing and money?

2. What does Harari consider the best reason to learn history?

3. Why does the theory of evolution reject the idea of a human soul?

4. To what modern concept are the living-god pharaohs compared?

5. Harari claims that humans are going to replace the principles of natural selection with what other principles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What invention allowed humans to tell longer stories and organize their societies?

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

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

5. What necessities are provided for domesticated animals?

6. What culture invented writing and money?

7. What are the three ways humans can be upgraded into gods?

8. What does Harari refer to as the closest thing to a global constitution?

9. What is the third level of reality only humans experience?

10. What is the official epoch we live in today? Why does the author suggest the epoch should be called the Anthropocene epoch?

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