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

2. What does Wilson distinguish between?
(a) Science and pseudo-science.
(b) Science and ethics.
(c) Religion and myth.
(d) Science and religion.

3. How has the postmodern fragmentation of knowledge affected consilience, in Wilson's account??
(a) It has created the conditions for unification.
(b) It has not been useful.
(c) It has opened new fields.
(d) It has generated unprecedented discussions between disciplines.

4. What is the weakness of the current era of economics, in Edmund Wilson's account?
(a) It is too focused on the micro-analysis.
(b) It is grounded in untenable assumptions.
(c) It relies on too few variables.
(d) It cannot predict all human behaviors.

5. Whose ideas influenced the formation of the French slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"?
(a) Condorcet.
(b) de Sade.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Locke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson say matters in science?

2. When was complexity theory formed?

3. What interpret does Wilson give the myth of Icarus?

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

5. How do nerve cells in the brain connect?

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