Question 1
Who is the author of Brave New World?
Alduous Huxley
James Hughes
Ramez Naam
Charles Darwin
Peter Singer
Question 2
Orlanda Bell is an astral projection: half ___, half ____.
horse; man
human; machin
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Question 1
Who is the author of Brave New World?
Alduous Huxley
James Hughes
Ramez Naam
Charles Darwin
Peter Singer
Question 2
Orlanda Bell is an astral projection: half ___, half ____.
horse; man
human; machine
zebra; lion
amoeba; paramecium
hardware; software
Question 3
Erick Ramsey is locked in—which means that he is ____.
dead
kicked out of his parents’ house forever
always getting himself locked in various rooms
an expert locksmith
totally aware of his surroundings, but not able to communicate with the outside world
Question 4
Erick’s professional ambition is to become a ___.
lawyer
doctor
mathematician
Disney artist
astronomer
Question 5
According to Ramez Naam, the term ___ (as used in science fiction) refers to a person who
has technology implanted inside his body; one who is part human and part machine.
zombie
alien
cyborg
demon
robot
Question 6
According to Ramez Naam, as long as humanity has existed we have always looked for ways
to ___.
make ourselves smarter
live longer
improve who we are and our environment
A and C only.
All of the above.
Question 7
Michael Chorost (who considered himself an early cyborg) received a ___.
cochlear implant
liver transplant
heart transplant
leg amputation
vascetomy
Question 8
Bill McKibben, a transhumanist critic, mentions which of the following as making us human?
Our commitment to one another.
Love of art, music, and literature.
Our interest in the spiritual and philosophical.
Our ability to fall in love.
All of the above.
Question 9
According to the Harvard psychologist, Howard Gardner, once we “[h]ave reached our adult
years, and attained a certain level of competence in our chosen pursuits, ___.”
we can safely assume that life’s lessons will automatically dawn upon us with no further
reflection
we should strive to move up, to go up, to achieve, to conquer
we should question what the meaning of life is
we cannot assume that lessons from experience will automatically dawn on us
we should not be bogged down by a mid-life crisis
Question 10
As described by Albert Camus, the main character in the Myth of Sisyp
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