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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. What decision was effectively made in human evolution as the brain found its present size?
(a) Curiosity over security.
(b) Intelligence over strength.
(c) Dreams over experiences.
(d) Excess over efficiency.

2. What does science use as proof of a theory?
(a) Hypotheses.
(b) Phenomena witnessed by neutral observers.
(c) Repeated experiments.
(d) Natural laws.

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

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

5. What is critical to the development of culture, in Edmund Wilson's account?
(a) Genetic complexities.
(b) Environmental complexities.
(c) Artistic complexities.
(d) Linguistic complexities.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What field does Wilson say philosophers and scientists should collaborate in?

4. What are epigenetic rules?

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

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