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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. How many genes does the brain consist of?
(a) 1,019.
(b) 71, 145.
(c) 4,282.
(d) 3,195.

2. How much does the human brain weigh on average?
(a) Two pounds.
(b) Four pounds.
(c) Three pounds.
(d) Five pounds.

3. How do hereditarians see the evolution of culture?
(a) As a change in brain chemistry.
(b) As the result of environmental factors.
(c) As the result of nature.
(d) As an emergence of the world spirit.

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

5. What beneficial uses can incest have in cultures, in Durham's account?
(a) It produces scapegoats and criminals.
(b) It tests the laws.
(c) It produces heroes and giants.
(d) It provides evidence of aristocracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two fields did Wilson connect in his theory of unified learning?

2. What power does Wilson attribute to men who control large amounts of territory?

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

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

5. Where do the images of snakes in dreams likely come from, in Wilson's account?

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