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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How has the postmodern fragmentation of knowledge affected consilience, in Wilson's account??
(a) It has generated unprecedented discussions between disciplines.
(b) It has created the conditions for unification.
(c) It has opened new fields.
(d) It has not been useful.

3. What has research on the mind had to focus on?
(a) The spirit.
(b) The soul.
(c) The working brain.
(d) Behavior.

4. How can scientists monitor the working brain, in Wilson's account?
(a) In snapshots.
(b) In real-time analysis.
(c) In behavior.
(d) In limited experiments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea of Locke's survived the Enlightenment into Romanticism?

2. What kind of progress does Wilson see in the history of life on earth?

3. How does Wilson describe the strength of the French Revolution?

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

5. What did Laplace pioneer?

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