View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Arts and their Interpretation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is gene-culture evolution?
(a) Evolution of the genes that change a species' culture.
(b) Development of individuals and races within evolving cultures.
(c) Enrichment of the environment within which genes are altered.
(d) Changes in human culture that are driven by genetic changes.

2. What were the first artistic images of animals intended to evoke, according to Wilson?
(a) Real events.
(b) Gods.
(c) Myths.
(d) Spirits.

3. How do nerve cells in the brain connect?
(a) Through synapses.
(b) Through neurons.
(c) Through dendrites.
(d) Through axons.

4. Where does postmodernism fail to accord with science, in Edmund Wilson's account?
(a) In rooting creativity in social behavior.
(b) In describing the brain as chaotic.
(c) In describing the arts as strictly cultural.
(d) In refusing to accept statistical modeling of individual behavior.

5. After considering all the different contexts for ants' communication, how does Wilson describe their form of communication?
(a) As electrochemical resonance.
(b) As instinctive teamwork.
(c) As socially conditioned.
(d) As released pheromones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wilson describe the strength of the French Revolution?

2. What are social scientists lacking, according to Wilson?

3. What are the nerve cells in the brain called?

4. What would need to be true before we could establish the goals and progress of evolutionary processes, in Wilson's account?

5. What does Wilson say we discover when we link social sciences, biology, ethics and environmental policy?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 331 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample