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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. That scientific tools does Wilson credit with driving the age of scientific expansion?
(a) Hydraulics, and the ability to transfer power.
(b) Optics, and the ability to measure.
(c) Vaccines, and the ability to heal.
(d) Generators, and the ability to create power.

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

4. How did Locke distinguish between culture and history?
(a) Culture fostered the passions, history fostered reason.
(b) Culture was built forward, history was built backward.
(c) Culture followed laws, history evolved.
(d) Culture was chaotic, history was self-organizing.

5. When was Condorcet born?
(a) 1743.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1752.

Short Answer Questions

1. What qualities of mind drove the techno-scientific age?

2. What religion was Wilson born into?

3. When was complexity theory formed?

4. Where does Wilson propose to test the benefit of consilience?

5. How do Gnostics and alchemists view snakes?

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