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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Natural Sciences.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accomplishment does Wilson say Einstein strove for in his work?
(a) Find the singularity at the beginning of the universe.
(b) Express the universe in a mathematical formula.
(c) Locate the missing mass in the universe.
(d) Unify space, time and motion.

2. What two fields did Wilson connect in his theory of unified learning?
(a) Epistemology and religion.
(b) Philosophy and evolution.
(c) Classification and evolution.
(d) Evolution and genetics.

3. What field does Wilson say philosophers and scientists should collaborate in?
(a) Urban planning.
(b) Biology and social sciences.
(c) Conflict resolution.
(d) International relations.

4. What religion was Wilson born into?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Southern Baptism.
(d) Catholicism.

5. What might be a consequence of the unification of knowledge, in Wilson's account?
(a) New fields of exploration.
(b) Streamlined education.
(c) A new sense of what divides mankind against itself.
(d) A better understanding of ourselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. That scientific tools does Wilson credit with driving the age of scientific expansion?

2. What is reductionism?

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

4. What does Wilson say we discover when we link social sciences, biology, ethics and environmental policy?

5. What does science try to integrate, in Wilson's account?

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