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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 does temporal-lobe epilepsy cause?
(a) Tourette's syndrome.
(b) Narcolepsy.
(c) Hyper-religiosity.
(d) Catatonia.

2. Where does Wilson propose to test the benefit of consilience?
(a) In the history of knowledge.
(b) In social sciences and humanities.
(c) In epistemology.
(d) In religion.

3. Whose ideas influenced the formation of the French slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"?
(a) Condorcet.
(b) de Sade.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Locke.

4. What has research on the mind had to focus on?
(a) Behavior.
(b) The working brain.
(c) The soul.
(d) The spirit.

5. What are the nerve cells in the brain called?
(a) Axons.
(b) Dendrites.
(c) Neurons.
(d) Protons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can scientists monitor the working brain, in Wilson's account?

2. What methods did Descartes use in his work?

3. Why does Wilson take up the example of dreams?

4. What is the difference between primary and secondary emotions?

5. What does Wilson say that humans are incapable of seeing?

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