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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How can scientists monitor the working brain, in Wilson's account?
(a) In limited experiments.
(b) In behavior.
(c) In snapshots.
(d) In real-time analysis.

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

4. What field of questions does Wilson say remain unanswered?
(a) Questions about things beyond our auditory range.
(b) Questions about the effect of environment on individuals.
(c) Questions about the nature of matter.
(d) Questions about the mind's capabilities.

5. What do modern technologies give humans the ability to choose?
(a) The color of children's skin.
(b) The shape of their children's heads.
(c) The direction of human evolution.
(d) The genetic superiority of a race.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many genes does the brain consist of?

2. What is the weakness of the current era of economics, in Edmund Wilson's account?

3. What political movement did Condorcet inspire?

4. What effect does Wilson say evolution had?

5. What do nerve cells in the brain send signals along?

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