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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 does natural selection provide for a species?
(a) More mating possibilities.
(b) Fewer dominant individuals.
(c) New genetic combinations.
(d) More diverse genetic options.

2. How does Wilson characterize the relationship between consilience and the material world?
(a) He says it is implicit.
(b) He says that consilience is a sublime concept that can never be presented in fact.
(c) He says it can only be known through language.
(d) He says that consilience can only be seen through a philosophical lens.

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

4. What did Enlightenment thinkers tried to link, in Wilson's account?
(a) Humanity and philosophy.
(b) Reason and religion.
(c) Science and humanities.
(d) Man and animal.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is gene-culture evolution?

3. What are the nerve cells in the brain called?

4. What does Wilson distinguish between?

5. Wilson defines culture in terms of what?

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