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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Galton measure in order to ascertain the intelligence of people?
(a) Their leg length
(b) Their skull
(c) Their wrist
(d) The space between their eyes

3. One of the perceived problems of Lombroso's theory was the need to call _________ criminals.
(a) animals
(b) whites
(c) women
(d) children

4. "The __________ of inferior groups must be like __________ of superior groups..."
(a) children, adults
(b) children, children
(c) adults, adults
(d) adults, children

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other kind of testing, besides head measurement, can begin to measure the intelligence of a person?

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

3. Ranking is used to determine that various disadvantaged groups are ______________.

4. Which view was based on the idea that inferior races can not be linked to the whites because they started from a separate group of DNA and people?

5. What was Francis Galton's book published in 1869?

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