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

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

3. What might be a consequence of the unification of knowledge, in Wilson's account?
(a) A new sense of what divides mankind against itself.
(b) A better understanding of ourselves.
(c) New fields of exploration.
(d) Streamlined education.

4. How do Gnostics and alchemists view snakes?
(a) As symbols of destruction and re-creation.
(b) As symbols of the old order of gods.
(c) As symbols of divinity.
(d) As symbols of eternal life.

5. How does Wilson explain the ideal scientist's work ethic?
(a) Think like poets, work like bookkeepers.
(b) Think like children, work like fathers.
(c) Think like eagles, work like ants.
(d) Think like whales, work like minnows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What benefit does Wilson say consilience has?

2. What did Condorcet pioneer?

3. What does Wilson use the discussion of the unity of species to prepare for?

4. What did Laplace pioneer?

5. What does Wilson call the discrete pieces of evidence?

(see the answer key)

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