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

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

3. The main question becomes, can ________ change the status of the inferior group?
(a) medication
(b) DNA
(c) environment
(d) education

4. Who was the skull collector that had more than one thousand different skulls?
(a) Benjamin Franklin
(b) Stephen Gould
(c) Samuel Morton
(d) Louis

5. 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 determinism
(b) biological destiny
(c) biological evolution
(d) biological transfiguration

Short Answer Questions

1. David Hume was a believer in the superiority of the _______ and polygeny.

2. Louis from #55 believed that there were different centers of _________.

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

4. Did a desire for ______ lead to the questions and data to support a predetermined conclusion?

5. Who feels that blacks are inferior and therefore deserve the status of a slave?

(see the answer key)

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