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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 did Laplace pioneer?
(a) The use of probability in physics.
(b) The notion of inalienable human rights.
(c) The use of statistics in politics.
(d) The use of telescopes in astronomy.

2. What did Freud focus on, in his investigation of dreams?
(a) The role of infant sexual experience.
(b) The role of original traumas.
(c) The role of the self's desire for power.
(d) The role of the unconscious.

3. What interpret does Wilson give the myth of Icarus?
(a) It represents the value of learning over freedom.
(b) It represents the benefit of age and wisdom.
(c) It represents man's tragic nature.
(d) It represents man's daring.

4. How does Wilson describe the strength of the French Revolution?
(a) It appropriated church lands for the people.
(b) It concentrated wealth in a small group's hands.
(c) It led to the rise of Napoleon.
(d) It tried to improve educational opportunities.

5. When did the Enlightenment end, in Wilson's account?
(a) 1794.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1742.
(d) 1776.

Short Answer Questions

1. What field does Wilson say philosophers and scientists should collaborate in?

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

3. Who influenced Wilson's idea of unified learning?

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

5. What accomplishment does Wilson say Einstein strove for in his work?

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