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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If inferiority is cultural, then it can be changed by __________ factors
(a) educational
(b) governmental
(c) biological
(d) environmental

2. The argument of _______________ is the basis for believing that measuring the intelligence of an individual allows a measure of worth or value to be attached.
(a) biological transfiguration
(b) biological evolution
(c) biological determinism
(d) biological destiny

3. What does Gould want to find in science that will support the idea that biological determinism is a result of social prejudice?
(a) Cultural influences
(b) Errors in correlation
(c) Faulty logic
(d) Bad data systems

4. David Hume was a believer in the superiority of the _______ and polygeny.
(a) white female
(b) white race
(c) white child
(d) black race

5. The answer to #48 also said that adult blacks were like _______________.
(a) monkeys
(b) white children
(c) white adolescents
(d) black children

Short Answer Questions

1. Which view was based on the story of Adam and Eve?

2. Who believes blacks are inferior but that intelligence should not be tied to the right for freedom?

3. What did Gould see Broca had formed before he ever started his research?

4. Gould says the manner in which ___________ are formulated is also problematic to studies.

5. Gould wants to know if science added the ___________ data, or......

(see the answer key)

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