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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Laplace pioneer?
(a) The use of probability in physics.
(b) The notion of inalienable human rights.
(c) The use of statistics in politics.
(d) The use of telescopes in astronomy.

2. What did Enlightenment thinkers tried to link, in Wilson's account?
(a) Humanity and philosophy.
(b) Science and humanities.
(c) Reason and religion.
(d) Man and animal.

3. When did the Enlightenment end, in Wilson's account?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1742.
(d) 1794.

4. Why does Wilson take up the example of dreams?
(a) To show that Freud's unscientific methods make his assumptions wrong.
(b) To show that Freud discovered things he didn't understand himself.
(c) To demonstrate man's different ways of knowing.
(d) To demonstrate the correct way to analyze brain chemicals.

5. What does Wilson say the standards that measure scientific knowledge should be based on?
(a) Something real.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Theories.
(d) Hypotheses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can scientists monitor the working brain, in Wilson's account?

2. What religion was Wilson born into?

3. How would you describe the relationship between Descartes' theories and modern science of the brain?

4. What does Wilson say declined as people started to live longer in the nineteenth century?

5. How many genes does the brain consist of?

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