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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. Gould calls biological determinism a theory of _____________ that has had a profound effect on many people.
(a) races
(b) prejudice
(c) limits
(d) society

2. Gould wants to know if science added the ___________ data, or......
(a) total
(b) partial
(c) legitimate
(d) reliable

3. The individual's social and economic status is determined by biology so any attempt to make changes has to be _________.
(a) useful
(b) impossible
(c) costly
(d) unlikely

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

5. What was the most famous work of the man in #59?
(a) Crania
(b) Crania Astounda
(c) Crania Americana
(d) Crania Inca

Short Answer Questions

1. Gould wants to reexamine the existing __________ for craniometry and intelligence testing.

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

3. Hume believed there was never a __________ nation that wasn't made of white men.

4. Who was the skull collector that had more than one thousand different skulls?

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

(see the answer key)

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