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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Enlightenment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between politicians and intellectuals, in Wilson's account?
(a) They are not related.
(b) They obfuscate each other's work.
(c) They have a mutually supportive role.
(d) They misinterpret each other's work.

2. What did Descartes argue for, in Wilson's account?
(a) The integration of historical will and individual will.
(b) The separation of mind and matter.
(c) The unification knowledge.
(d) Universal peace.

3. What field does Wilson say philosophers and scientists should collaborate in?
(a) Biology and social sciences.
(b) Urban planning.
(c) International relations.
(d) Conflict resolution.

4. The idea that water was the unifying medium for all nature is the center of which philosophical view?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Science.
(c) Idealism.
(d) Mysticism.

5. What event marks the end of the Enlightenment, in Wilson's account?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The death of de Sade.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The birth of Wordsworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosophical assumption underlay the notion that evolution followed simple laws?

2. Whose ideas influenced the formation of the French slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"?

3. What political movement did Condorcet inspire?

4. What religion was Wilson born into?

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

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