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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. Whose ideas influenced the formation of the French slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Locke.
(c) Condorcet.
(d) de Sade.

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

3. Why does Wilson take up the example of dreams?
(a) To show that Freud discovered things he didn't understand himself.
(b) To show that Freud's unscientific methods make his assumptions wrong.
(c) To demonstrate man's different ways of knowing.
(d) To demonstrate the correct way to analyze brain chemicals.

4. How do nurturists see the evolution of culture?
(a) As result of language.
(b) As a result of environment.
(c) As a result of genetics.
(d) As a complex interplay of environment and language.

5. What did the idea of intellectual unity foster in the Enlightenment?
(a) Racial supremacy.
(b) European supremacy.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) Human rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What force did John Locke believe in, in Wilson's account?

2. The idea that water was the unifying medium for all nature is the center of which philosophical view?

3. What does science seek, in Wilson's account?

4. What role does Wilson ascribe to human nature?

5. How does Wilson explain the ideal scientist's work ethic?

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