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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 social sciences and humanities.
(b) In epistemology.
(c) In the history of knowledge.
(d) In religion.

2. What event marks the end of the Enlightenment, in Wilson's account?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The death of de Sade.
(d) The birth of Wordsworth.

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

4. Wilson defines culture in terms of what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Language.
(c) Environment.
(d) Genes.

5. What does Wilson say that humans are incapable of seeing?
(a) The history of things.
(b) The state of grace.
(c) The world in its true state.
(d) Change over time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the postmodern fragmentation of knowledge affected consilience, in Wilson's account??

2. What evolution creates culture?

3. What did Descartes argue for, in Wilson's account?

4. How do nurturists see the evolution of culture?

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

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