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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 did Laplace pioneer?
(a) The use of telescopes in astronomy.
(b) The use of probability in physics.
(c) The use of statistics in politics.
(d) The notion of inalienable human rights.

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

3. How can science help us, in Wilson's account?
(a) Science can show us how our impressions are created by our feelings.
(b) Science can reveal the extent of human powerlessness.
(c) Science can give us better stories to tell about psychological nature.
(d) Science can expand the limits of what we can see.

4. How do nerve cells in the brain connect?
(a) Through axons.
(b) Through synapses.
(c) Through dendrites.
(d) Through neurons.

5. Wilson says that biological classification is based on the "Origin of Species" and what?
(a) Military organization.
(b) Dianetics.
(c) Systematics.
(d) Systems theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do government policies typically originate, in Wilson's account?

2. What religion was Wilson born into?

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

4. What might be a consequence of the unification of knowledge, in Wilson's account?

5. What does temporal-lobe epilepsy cause?

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