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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 did Descartes argue for, in Wilson's account?
(a) Universal peace.
(b) The unification knowledge.
(c) The separation of mind and matter.
(d) The integration of historical will and individual will.

2. What qualities of mind drove the techno-scientific age?
(a) Curiosity and creativity.
(b) Justice and equality.
(c) Mathematics and industrialism.
(d) Compassion and empathy.

3. What political movement did Condorcet inspire?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The abolition of slavery in French colonies.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The abolition of slavery in the New World.

4. What field does Wilson say philosophers and scientists should collaborate in?
(a) Urban planning.
(b) Conflict resolution.
(c) Biology and social sciences.
(d) International relations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wilson ultimately interested in producing with consilience?

2. What religion was Wilson born into?

3. Where do government policies typically originate, in Wilson's account?

4. What is the relationship between politicians and intellectuals, in Wilson's account?

5. That scientific tools does Wilson credit with driving the age of scientific expansion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What consequence does Wilson hope consilience can have on public policy?

2. How would you describe Wilson's relationship with religion?

3. How do anatomical limitations affect our science, in Wilson's account?

4. What does E.O. Wilson mean by the Ionian Enchantment?

5. What is the relationship between chaos theory and consilience?

6. How did Wilson arrive at his theory of consilience?

7. What is the modern understanding of dreams?

8. How does Wilson use evolution as a parallel for consilience?

9. In what way does Wilson distinguish between evolutionary progress and consilience?

10. What is the modern understanding of how the brain works?

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