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

2. How much does the human brain weigh on average?
(a) Four pounds.
(b) Two pounds.
(c) Five pounds.
(d) Three pounds.

3. What does Edmund Wilson credit human nature with altering?
(a) Language.
(b) Epigenetic rules.
(c) Technological influences.
(d) The environment.

4. What did economists do during the Marginalist Era in economics?
(a) They used science to analyze motives and trends in the mass.
(b) They described production as the result of supply and demand.
(c) They examined social behaviors as individual activities.
(d) They used statistics to model mass behaviors.

5. According to complexity theory, what is the result of living on the edge of chaos?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Experimentation.
(c) Extinction.
(d) Escalation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political movement did Condorcet inspire?

2. What event marks the end of the Enlightenment, in Wilson's account?

3. Who influenced Wilson's idea of unified learning?

4. What claims do philosophers make for the unification of knowledge?

5. What beneficial uses can incest have in cultures, in Durham's account?

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