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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Branches of Learning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the unification of intellectual work have its benefit, in Wilson's account?
(a) In philosophy.
(b) In environmental policy.
(c) In politics.
(d) In the future.

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

3. What did Enlightenment thinkers tried to link, in Wilson's account?
(a) Science and humanities.
(b) Humanity and philosophy.
(c) Man and animal.
(d) Reason and religion.

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

5. Where do government policies typically originate, in Wilson's account?
(a) In popular consensus.
(b) In politicians' thinking.
(c) In majority rule.
(d) In experts in each field or region.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wilson characterize the relationship between consilience and the material world?

2. Einstein recognized what in his discoveries, in Wilson's account?

3. What was it about armies that Wilson was struck by?

4. What does Wilson mean by the Ionian Enchantment'?

5. What interpret does Wilson give the myth of Icarus?

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