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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wilson develop the idea of unified learning?
(a) During his childhood.
(b) In his writings on religion.
(c) In his research on ants.
(d) During his science studies.

2. What claims do philosophers make for the unification of knowledge?
(a) That it can bring more peace to political conflicts.
(b) That it can reduce the need for science.
(c) That scientific solutions are incomplete without the humanities.
(d) That it can resolve issues the sciences cannot answer.

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

4. What does Wilson credit animals with being able to see?
(a) The present moment.
(b) The world beyond the spectrum of our vision.
(c) The causes beneath their actions.
(d) The urgency of nature.

5. What does Wilson say was the consequence of Robespierre's employment of the concept of the general will?
(a) Napoleon rose to power.
(b) 17,000 Frenchmen were killed.
(c) The French undermined their own revolution.
(d) The French went to war with Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wilson says that biological classification is based on the "Origin of Species" and what?

2. What philosophical assumption underlay the notion that evolution followed simple laws?

3. What is consilience?

4. How does Wilson characterize the relationship between ecology and ethics?

5. When was Condorcet born?

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