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

2. What are epigenetic rules?
(a) The cultural effect on genetic expression.
(b) The language in which culture expresses itself.
(c) Influences that affect the expression of genes.
(d) The process of selecting which genes are most desirable in an environment.

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

4. What subject would Wilson like to see more of in undergraduate education?
(a) Sciences.
(b) Humanities.
(c) Arts.
(d) Philosophy.

5. What does Wilson credit animals with being able to see?
(a) The present moment.
(b) The urgency of nature.
(c) The world beyond the spectrum of our vision.
(d) The causes beneath their actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event marks the end of the Enlightenment, in Wilson's account?

2. What is the difference between primary and secondary emotions?

3. How can scientists monitor the working brain, in Wilson's account?

4. In Wilson's account, why did the French Revolution fail?

5. What did the idea of intellectual unity foster in the Enlightenment?

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