View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does science seek, in Wilson's account?
(a) The mind of God.
(b) Probably hypothesis.
(c) Objective truth based on hypothesis.
(d) Interesting hypotheses.

4. What does Wilson say that humans are incapable of seeing?
(a) The world in its true state.
(b) Change over time.
(c) The state of grace.
(d) The history of things.

5. How does Wilson characterize the current state of knowledge?
(a) Fragmented.
(b) Irreconcilable.
(c) Unified.
(d) Interconnected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only way to get a clear picture of the world, in Wilson's account?

2. What are the nerve cells in the brain called?

3. What does Wilson say we discover when we link social sciences, biology, ethics and environmental policy?

4. What does Wilson say the standards that measure scientific knowledge should be based on?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 260 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample