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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ariadne's Thread.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the goal, in Wilson's account, of molecular research on human cells?
(a) Discovering new life forms.
(b) Producing organs.
(c) Curing cancer.
(d) Recreating human tissue from cell cultures.

2. What accomplishment does Wilson say Einstein strove for in his work?
(a) Locate the missing mass in the universe.
(b) Unify space, time and motion.
(c) Find the singularity at the beginning of the universe.
(d) Express the universe in a mathematical formula.

3. How does Wilson characterize the modern definition of dreams?
(a) Mystic connections to real events outside the body.
(b) Reconstitution of daily experiences in surreal visions.
(c) Visions charged by emotion and reorganized by information in memory.
(d) Psychic returns to the scenes of primal injuries.

4. What does Wilson call the discrete pieces of evidence?
(a) Nitty gritty facts.
(b) Researching molecules.
(c) Atomic evidence.
(d) The raw materials.

5. Who proposed the idea of unity of species that follow a few simple laws?
(a) Plato.
(b) Thales of Miletus.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Solon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What purpose does Wilson say dreams serve?

3. When was complexity theory formed?

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

5. How does consilience help us understand organisms?

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