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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Enlightenment.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who influenced Wilson's idea of unified learning?
(a) Van Buren.
(b) Linnaeus.
(c) Lamarck.
(d) Darwin.

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

5. What did Descartes argue for, in Wilson's account?
(a) The integration of historical will and individual will.
(b) Universal peace.
(c) The unification knowledge.
(d) The separation of mind and matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Condorcet born?

2. What political movement did Condorcet inspire?

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

4. What does Wilson say was the consequence of Robespierre's employment of the concept of the general will?

5. What effect does Wilson say evolution had?

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