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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ariadne's Thread.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was complexity theory formed?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1890s.

2. What accomplishment does Wilson say Einstein strove for in his work?
(a) Find the singularity at the beginning of the universe.
(b) Express the universe in a mathematical formula.
(c) Locate the missing mass in the universe.
(d) Unify space, time and motion.

3. What does Wilson say the standards that measure scientific knowledge should be based on?
(a) Something real.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Hypotheses.
(d) Theories.

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

5. What did Freud focus on, in his investigation of dreams?
(a) The role of original traumas.
(b) The role of the self's desire for power.
(c) The role of infant sexual experience.
(d) The role of the unconscious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject would Wilson like to see more of in undergraduate education?

2. What field does Wilson say philosophers and scientists should collaborate in?

3. Who proposed the idea of unity of species that follow a few simple laws?

4. What does Wilson say that humans are incapable of seeing?

5. What qualities of mind drove the techno-scientific age?

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