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

Multiple Choice Questions

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(c) out of date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

2. 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) Faulty logic
(c) Errors in correlation
(d) Bad data systems

3. "We now encounter the second ____________ - ranking..."
(a) piece
(b) opinion
(c) fallacy
(d) argument

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

5. What does Socrates feel will happen when all people are intelligent?
(a) Society will remain stable.
(b) Society will stop changing.
(c) Society will become enlightened.
(d) Society will become revolutionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gould also wants to look for problems in the ___________ data.

2. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.

3. The author of "An American Dilemma" says that Americans and others would only consider the __________ factors when they were forced to.

4. "Plato relied upon dialectic, the Church upon __________."

5. Which Socrates work is Gould discussing at the opening of this book?

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