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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. According to Gould, science must be viewed in its ________ context since culture and environment also influence facts and theories.
(a) ethnic
(b) biological
(c) racial
(d) social

2. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.
(a) chance
(b) number
(c) test
(d) measurement

3. "Plato relied upon dialectic, the Church upon __________."
(a) God
(b) leaders
(c) dogma
(d) faith

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

5. Gould says the manner in which ___________ are formulated is also problematic to studies.
(a) formulas
(b) data sets
(c) scientific questions
(d) study conditions

Short Answer Questions

1. The answer to #55 was known as a _________ because he looked for small differences between species.

2. What is the one category to which Socrates does NOT say people belong?

3. The answer to #48 said that humans were distinguished from _________ by the human's ability to improve himself.

4. What kinds of weaknesses is Gould looking to find in the arguments of other scientists presented in this book?

5. Gould calls biological determinism a theory of _____________ that has had a profound effect on many people.

(see the answer key)

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