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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Measuring Heads.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In America, the theory of polygeny was supported by Louis __________.
(a) Agassi
(b) Agassiz
(c) Hume
(d) Smith

2. Who was Francis Galton's cousin?
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) Paul Broca
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Stephen Gould

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

4. Who considered that other factors like general health and body size might also affect brain size?
(a) Franklin
(b) Gratiolet
(c) Broca
(d) Blumenbach

5. Broca also thought that ________ should be denied the benefits of education due to smaller brains.
(a) elderly people
(b) women
(c) children
(d) leaders

Short Answer Questions

1. What means there is some sort of ordering that is used in assigning individuals to their relevant spot?

2. Bean felt that the ______, or front part of the brain, was smaller in women than in men.

3. Gould does not believe that ____________ change reflects changes in social concepts.

4. Gould wants to reexamine the existing __________ for craniometry and intelligence testing.

5. The craniometry argument is the first __________ argument that has been offered.

(see the answer key)

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