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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Arts and their Interpretation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilson mean by the Ionian Enchantment'?
(a) Belief in a historical process.
(b) Belief in the multiplicity of forms.
(c) Belief in the unity of species.
(d) Belief in a transcendent spirit.

2. How many cells comprise the brain?
(a) 100 billion.
(b) No one knows.
(c) 100 million.
(d) 1 trillion.

3. What is the only way to get a clear picture of the world, in Wilson's account?
(a) To integrate natural science with social sciences and humanities.
(b) To add philosophy and ethics to all natural sciences.
(c) To separate humanities from natural science.
(d) To divorce the natural science from social sciences.

4. What do the arts need science for?
(a) To demonstrate the truth of artistic visions.
(b) To stimulate interpretation.
(c) To test artistic theories.
(d) To fulfill artistic prophecies.

5. What was it about armies that Wilson was struck by?
(a) How they were subsidized by communities or nations.
(b) How they were organized.
(c) How they were close brotherhoods.
(d) How they were supported by an entire society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weakness of the current era of economics, in Edmund Wilson's account?

2. Where do the images of snakes in dreams likely come from, in Wilson's account?

3. What is the traditional view of art?

4. What were the first artistic images of animals intended to evoke, according to Wilson?

5. What causes economic theories to fail, in Edmund Wilson's estimation?

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