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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. When did the Enlightenment end, in Wilson's account?
(a) 1742.
(b) 1794.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1789.

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

3. What did Descartes argue for, in Wilson's account?
(a) Universal peace.
(b) The separation of mind and matter.
(c) The integration of historical will and individual will.
(d) The unification knowledge.

4. How can science help us, in Wilson's account?
(a) Science can reveal the extent of human powerlessness.
(b) Science can expand the limits of what we can see.
(c) Science can give us better stories to tell about psychological nature.
(d) Science can show us how our impressions are created by our feelings.

5. What methods did Descartes use in his work?
(a) Deduction and analysis.
(b) Experiential learning and induction.
(c) Hypothesis and experimentation.
(d) Induction and synthesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the laws of physics transcend, in Wilson's account?

2. What does Wilson say declined as people started to live longer in the nineteenth century?

3. Why have scientific models of the brain failed to explain consciousness?

4. How did Locke distinguish between culture and history?

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

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