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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fitness of Human Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the laws of physics transcend, in Wilson's account?
(a) Galaxies.
(b) Cultures.
(c) Mythologies.
(d) Languages.

2. What does Wilson say was the consequence of Robespierre's employment of the concept of the general will?
(a) The French undermined their own revolution.
(b) 17,000 Frenchmen were killed.
(c) Napoleon rose to power.
(d) The French went to war with Russia.

3. What can biological research do for complexity theory, in Wilson's account?
(a) Demonstrate how the cell is a unified organism.
(b) Demonstrate how layers of complexity interact.
(c) Demonstrate how the cell has adapted to the numerous variables that influence its functions.
(d) Demonstrate how many variables influence a cell's functioning.

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

5. Where does the unification of intellectual work have its benefit, in Wilson's account?
(a) In environmental policy.
(b) In the future.
(c) In philosophy.
(d) In politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was complexity theory formed?

2. What philosophical assumption underlay the notion that evolution followed simple laws?

3. What does Edmund Wilson say wars are products of?

4. What does science try to integrate, in Wilson's account?

5. What is the goal, in Wilson's account, of molecular research on human cells?

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