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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were like white adolescents?
(a) White children
(b) Black children
(c) Adult Mongolians
(d) Adult blacks

2. The answer to #55 was known as a _________ because he looked for small differences between species.
(a) species expert
(b) microcosm expert
(c) striker
(d) splitter

3. What does Socrates believe all people should be?
(a) Educated
(b) Honest
(c) Leaders
(d) Argumentative

4. Flaws in the experimental design, according to Gould, do not lead to _________ in the numbers.
(a) usefulness
(b) proper graphs
(c) credibility
(d) the right sums

5. Which Socrates work is Gould discussing at the opening of this book?
(a) Phaedo
(b) Apology
(c) Euthyphro
(d) Republic

Short Answer Questions

1. E.D. Cope thought that _______ Europeans were inferior to others.

2. Gould calls biological determinism a theory of _____________ that has had a profound effect on many people.

3. What kind of disease can cause the brain to diminish in size before death?

4. Gould says the claims of inferiority are limited to ____________ even thought race, sex, and social class are tied together.

5. What does Socrates feel will happen when all people are intelligent?

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