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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Arts and their Interpretation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wilson defines culture in terms of what?
(a) Environment.
(b) Genes.
(c) Religion.
(d) Language.

2. What explanation does Wilson offer for incest taboos?
(a) Incest creates unrest in a culture.
(b) Incest undermines primogeniture.
(c) Incest predisposes cultures to avoid war.
(d) Incest relationships create genetic defects.

3. What is the only way to get a clear picture of the world, in Wilson's account?
(a) To integrate natural science with social sciences and humanities.
(b) To separate humanities from natural science.
(c) To divorce the natural science from social sciences.
(d) To add philosophy and ethics to all natural sciences.

4. What did Freud focus on, in his investigation of dreams?
(a) The role of the unconscious.
(b) The role of infant sexual experience.
(c) The role of original traumas.
(d) The role of the self's desire for power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem with anthropology, in Edmund Wilson's estimation?

2. What religion was Wilson born into?

3. What did Enlightenment thinkers tried to link, in Wilson's account?

4. How many genes does the brain consist of?

5. What benefit does Wilson say consilience has?

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