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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What has research on the mind had to focus on?
(a) The soul.
(b) The spirit.
(c) Behavior.
(d) The working brain.
2. How many genes does the brain consist of?
(a) 1,019.
(b) 3,195.
(c) 71, 145.
(d) 4,282.
3. In Wilson's account, why did the French Revolution fail?
(a) Because of international fear of the spread of revolution.
(b) Because of the excesses of tyrants and terrorists.
(c) Because the efficiency of the military in the Reign of Terror allowed Napoleon's rise.
(d) Because of the intellectual opposition to the tyranny of the revolution.
4. Where is the seat of consciousness in the brain?
(a) In the mid-brain.
(b) There is no center of consciousness.
(c) In the fore-brain.
(d) In the hind-brain.
5. What might be a consequence of the unification of knowledge, in Wilson's account?
(a) New fields of exploration.
(b) Streamlined education.
(c) A new sense of what divides mankind against itself.
(d) A better understanding of ourselves.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Wilson say evidence from the natural sciences says about Enlightenment thinkers?
2. The idea that water was the unifying medium for all nature is the center of which philosophical view?
3. Where does Wilson propose to test the benefit of consilience?
4. How are scientific theories constructed and used within the scientific community, in Wilson's account?
5. How does Wilson characterize the current state of knowledge?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is knowledge accepted as settled, or final?
2. What is the relationship between chaos theory and consilience?
3. What justification does Wilson provide for integrating philosophy with biology, social science and the humanities?
4. What ancient sources does Wilson trace consilience back to?
5. How does Wilson describe what it is possible to know about the brain?
6. How does science impact the arts, in E.O. Wilson's account?
7. What does the term "consilience" mean?
8. How does consilience aim to resolve political problems?
9. What three-part division does Wilson divide the brain into?
10. How did Wilson arrive at his theory of consilience?
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