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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Branches of Learning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wilson develop the idea of unified learning?
(a) During his childhood.
(b) During his science studies.
(c) In his research on ants.
(d) In his writings on religion.

2. What is the only way to get a clear picture of the world, in Wilson's account?
(a) To add philosophy and ethics to all natural sciences.
(b) To integrate natural science with social sciences and humanities.
(c) To separate humanities from natural science.
(d) To divorce the natural science from social sciences.

3. What does Wilson mean by the Ionian Enchantment'?
(a) Belief in a historical process.
(b) Belief in the multiplicity of forms.
(c) Belief in a transcendent spirit.
(d) Belief in the unity of species.

4. What benefit does Wilson say consilience has?
(a) It translates science into humanities and vice versa.
(b) It allows facts and theories to be tested.
(c) It provides a Rosetta Stone for the sciences.
(d) It describes the humanities in scientific terms.

5. What does Wilson use the discussion of the unity of species to prepare for?
(a) A discussion of the unity of sciences.
(b) A discussion of the inevitability of progress.
(c) A discussion of the equality of genders.
(d) A discussion of the conscience and society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is consilience?

2. What was it about armies that Wilson was struck by?

3. How did Wilson react against the religion he inherited?

4. What two fields did Wilson connect in his theory of unified learning?

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

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