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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wilson says that biological classification is based on the "Origin of Species" and what?
(a) Systematics.
(b) Dianetics.
(c) Systems theory.
(d) Military organization.

2. How does Wilson characterize the relationship between ecology and ethics?
(a) Without tangible laws of ethics, ecology is always an approximate science, ethically.
(b) By studying how people assign values, we find that ecology has always had an ethical scale of value.
(c) Without analysis in ecology, there is little basis for making ethical claims.
(d) By valuing previously unvalued phenomena, ecology develops its own unique ethics.

3. What do nerve cells in the brain send signals along?
(a) Neurons.
(b) Axons.
(c) Neutrons.
(d) Synapses.

4. How do Gnostics and alchemists view snakes?
(a) As symbols of destruction and re-creation.
(b) As symbols of divinity.
(c) As symbols of eternal life.
(d) As symbols of the old order of gods.

5. Under what circumstances are theories accepted universally?
(a) When a hypothesis explains phenomena.
(b) When evidence is supported by interlocking theories.
(c) When experimental data can be confirmed.
(d) When a theory promises to explain phenomena.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Locke distinguish between culture and history?

2. What effect does Wilson say evolution had?

3. What did the idea of intellectual unity foster in the Enlightenment?

4. How much does the human brain weigh on average?

5. What did Freud focus on, in his investigation of dreams?

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