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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 interpret does Wilson give the myth of Icarus?
(a) It represents the benefit of age and wisdom.
(b) It represents man's tragic nature.
(c) It represents man's daring.
(d) It represents the value of learning over freedom.

2. What is the relationship between politicians and intellectuals, in Wilson's account?
(a) They have a mutually supportive role.
(b) They are not related.
(c) They obfuscate each other's work.
(d) They misinterpret each other's work.

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

4. What does Wilson say he was searching for as a young man?
(a) Revelation.
(b) Meaning.
(c) Mythical experience.
(d) Objective reality.

5. What did Condorcet pioneer?
(a) The application of math in social science.
(b) The application of statistics to politics.
(c) The notion of innate human rights.
(d) The development of statistical models for economics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is reductionism?

3. What does Wilson use the discussion of the unity of species to prepare for?

4. What methods did Descartes use in his work?

5. What was Wilson's relationship with the term 'Consilience'?

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