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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Real Error of Cyril Burt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What outside factors are being alluded to in #151?
(a) Physical
(b) Sociological
(c) Environmental
(d) Mental

2. Which was the second-ranked race for the practitioners of racial ranking?
(a) Indians
(b) Blacks
(c) Chinese
(d) Whites

3. According to Lombroso, the genes of the past are contained in the hereditary of the individual and the ___________ surfaces at times.
(a) playfulness
(b) behavior
(c) shyness
(d) aggression towards women

4. Broca's numbers were based on his ______________, according to Gould.
(a) observations
(b) mathematics
(c) research
(d) family

5. When did craniometry first appear in the study of intelligence?
(a) Last 18th century
(b) Early 19th century
(c) Early 18th century
(d) Late 19th century

Short Answer Questions

1. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.

2. "[T]he child represents a ____________ adult ancestor."

3. "Mental testing becomes a theory for enhancing ___________ through proper education."

4. Cesare Lombroso thought that ____________ behavior is hereditary.

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

(see the answer key)

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