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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. Under what circumstances are theories accepted universally?
(a) When evidence is supported by interlocking theories.
(b) When a hypothesis explains phenomena.
(c) When a theory promises to explain phenomena.
(d) When experimental data can be confirmed.

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

3. Where do the images of snakes in dreams likely come from, in Wilson's account?
(a) The Bible story of the garden of Eden.
(b) The mystic significance of snakes.
(c) A widespread fear of snakes.
(d) The intuition of subterranean experience.

4. How do Gnostics and alchemists view snakes?
(a) As symbols of divinity.
(b) As symbols of destruction and re-creation.
(c) As symbols of eternal life.
(d) As symbols of the old order of gods.

5. What do nerve cells in the brain send signals along?
(a) Axons.
(b) Neutrons.
(c) Synapses.
(d) Neurons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Wilson offer for incest taboos?

2. What does Wilson mean by the Ionian Enchantment'?

3. How does consilience work?

4. What does Wilson use the discussion of the unity of species to prepare for?

5. What does Wilson say evidence from the natural sciences says about Enlightenment thinkers?

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