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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem with anthropology, in Edmund Wilson's estimation?
(a) It is run by social scientists who attribute everything to genetics.
(b) It is divided into two irreconcilable branches, neither of which resolve the question of diversity.
(c) It is dominated by scientists who deny anthropology's genetic aspect.
(d) It is not funded well enough.

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

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

4. When was Condorcet born?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1752.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1789.

5. What did Laplace pioneer?
(a) The use of statistics in politics.
(b) The use of telescopes in astronomy.
(c) The use of probability in physics.
(d) The notion of inalienable human rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cells comprise the brain?

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

3. What does Wilson call sociology?

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

5. What decision was effectively made in human evolution as the brain found its present size?

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