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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many cells comprise the brain?
(a) 1 trillion.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 100 billion.
(d) No one knows.

3. What are the nerve cells in the brain called?
(a) Axons.
(b) Protons.
(c) Neurons.
(d) Dendrites.

4. How much does the human brain weigh on average?
(a) Five pounds.
(b) Three pounds.
(c) Four pounds.
(d) Two pounds.

5. What is the difference between primary and secondary emotions?
(a) Primary emotions are deliberate, secondary emotions are unconscious.
(b) Primary emotions are tied to instincts, secondary emotions are tied to homeostatic regulation.
(c) Primary emotions are inborn, secondary emotions are personal.
(d) Primary emotions are conscious, secondary emotions are instinctual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did economists do during the Marginalist Era in economics?

2. What problem does Wilson attribute to failures in the social sciences?

3. Which social science does Edmund Wilson say is best situated to bridge the gap between natural science and social science?

4. What does Wilson say was the consequence of Robespierre's employment of the concept of the general will?

5. Why have scientific models of the brain failed to explain consciousness?

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