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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To What End?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wilson characterize the relationship between consilience and the material world?
(a) He says it can only be known through language.
(b) He says that consilience can only be seen through a philosophical lens.
(c) He says that consilience is a sublime concept that can never be presented in fact.
(d) He says it is implicit.

2. What do the laws of physics transcend, in Wilson's account?
(a) Cultures.
(b) Galaxies.
(c) Languages.
(d) Mythologies.

3. What does Wilson offer as evidence of cross-cultural epi-genetic rules?
(a) Mating rituals.
(b) Councils.
(c) Regional cuisine.
(d) Myths.

4. Where can integrity be attained, according to Wilson?
(a) Through acts that feel good and true.
(b) Through obedience to religion.
(c) Through the innate sense of moral reasoning.
(d) Through submission to tradition.

5. What decision was effectively made in human evolution as the brain found its present size?
(a) Intelligence over strength.
(b) Excess over efficiency.
(c) Curiosity over security.
(d) Dreams over experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion was Wilson born into?

2. What does Wilson credit animals with being able to see?

3. How does Edmund Wilson define ethics?

4. What is the danger of volitional evolution, in Edmund Wilson's account?

5. What force did John Locke believe in, in Wilson's account?

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