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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through American Polygeny and Craniometry before Darwin.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Science means looking for the ________ based on facts.
(a) answer
(b) reality
(c) truth
(d) theory

3. Gould does not view the studies he will cover as _______ scientific practices.
(a) silly
(b) simplistic
(c) bad
(d) out of date

4. Gould does not believe that ____________ change reflects changes in social concepts.
(a) cultural
(b) biological
(c) racial
(d) scientific

5. Who was a 19th century anatomist who believed in the theory of polygenism?
(a) Broca
(b) Blumenbach
(c) Gould
(d) Serres

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gould want to find in science that will support the idea that biological determinism is a result of social prejudice?

3. The answer to #48 also said that adult blacks were like _______________.

4. Which was the top-ranked race in practitioners of racial ranking?

5. When did craniometry first appear in the study of intelligence?

(see the answer key)

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