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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who proposed the idea of unity of species that follow a few simple laws?
(a) Plato.
(b) Thales of Miletus.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Solon.

2. How does Wilson describe ant colonies?
(a) As interdependent systems.
(b) As a kind of controlled chaos.
(c) As the sum of their constituent ants.
(d) As superorganisms.

3. In Wilson's account, why did the French Revolution fail?
(a) Because the efficiency of the military in the Reign of Terror allowed Napoleon's rise.
(b) Because of the excesses of tyrants and terrorists.
(c) Because of international fear of the spread of revolution.
(d) Because of the intellectual opposition to the tyranny of the revolution.

4. What does Wilson say we discover when we link social sciences, biology, ethics and environmental policy?
(a) Fields need to have unified sources of funding.
(b) Academic research involves similar intellectual work no matter the field.
(c) Each field bolsters reasoning in other fields.
(d) Fields have their own unique disciplines.

5. What claims do philosophers make for the unification of knowledge?
(a) That it can resolve issues the sciences cannot answer.
(b) That scientific solutions are incomplete without the humanities.
(c) That it can bring more peace to political conflicts.
(d) That it can reduce the need for science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event marks the end of the Enlightenment, in Wilson's account?

2. How do widely distributed cultural traits affect genes?

3. What field of questions does Wilson say remain unanswered?

4. Where do science and the arts both originate, according to Wilson?

5. What did the idea of intellectual unity foster in the Enlightenment?

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