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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Enlightenment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wilson describe the strength of the French Revolution?
(a) It tried to improve educational opportunities.
(b) It appropriated church lands for the people.
(c) It led to the rise of Napoleon.
(d) It concentrated wealth in a small group's hands.

2. How has the postmodern fragmentation of knowledge affected consilience, in Wilson's account??
(a) It has not been useful.
(b) It has opened new fields.
(c) It has generated unprecedented discussions between disciplines.
(d) It has created the conditions for unification.

3. What methods did Descartes use in his work?
(a) Experiential learning and induction.
(b) Hypothesis and experimentation.
(c) Deduction and analysis.
(d) Induction and synthesis.

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

5. Who proposed the idea of unity of species that follow a few simple laws?
(a) Solon.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Thales of Miletus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only way to get a clear picture of the world, in Wilson's account?

2. What is consilience?

3. How does Wilson characterize the relationship between ecology and ethics?

4. What was Wilson's relationship with the term 'Consilience'?

5. What force did John Locke believe in, in Wilson's account?

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