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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through American Polygeny and Craniometry before Darwin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blumenbach believed differences in races might be linked to __________.
(a) DNA
(b) climate
(c) dood
(d) water supply

2. Louis from #55 believed that there were different centers of _________.
(a) possibility
(b) life
(c) races
(d) creation

3. Who believes blacks are inferior but that intelligence should not be tied to the right for freedom?
(a) Hard liners
(b) Soft liners
(c) Racial ranking staff
(d) Red liners

4. The answer to #48 said that humans were distinguished from _________ by the human's ability to improve himself.
(a) slaves
(b) animals
(c) blacks
(d) savages

5. Gould wants to reexamine the existing __________ for craniometry and intelligence testing.
(a) data sets
(b) logic
(c) sciences
(d) scientific researchers

Short Answer Questions

1. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.

2. If inferiority is cultural, then it can be changed by __________ factors

3. Who was the data analyst for the answer to #55?

4. Who is the author of "An American Dilemma?"

5. Who was a 19th century anatomist who believed in the theory of polygenism?

(see the answer key)

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