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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through From Genes to Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have scientific models of the brain failed to explain consciousness?
(a) Because consciousness is always shifting and cannot be modeled.
(b) Because scientists are limited in the experiments they can perform on human beings.
(c) Because living and reproducing do not require self-understanding.
(d) Because models of brain activity do not replicate the sense of 'being there' inside the brain.

2. What is the relationship between politicians and intellectuals, in Wilson's account?
(a) They have a mutually supportive role.
(b) They obfuscate each other's work.
(c) They misinterpret each other's work.
(d) They are not related.

3. Where does Wilson propose to test the benefit of consilience?
(a) In social sciences and humanities.
(b) In epistemology.
(c) In religion.
(d) In the history of knowledge.

4. What field of questions does Wilson say remain unanswered?
(a) Questions about things beyond our auditory range.
(b) Questions about the effect of environment on individuals.
(c) Questions about the nature of matter.
(d) Questions about the mind's capabilities.

5. What do cultures use from the mind, in Wilson's account?
(a) Myths.
(b) Narratives.
(c) Humanities.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson say evidence from the natural sciences says about Enlightenment thinkers?

2. How many cells comprise the brain?

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

4. What methods did Descartes use in his work?

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

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