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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.
(a) ideas
(b) data
(c) facts
(d) numbers

2. What is the study of measuring the human head in order to assess intelligence called?
(a) Craniometry
(b) Psychology
(c) Cranial-sacral therapy
(d) Neurology

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates' friend does not believe his ideas, saying that it is a lie and that ________ generations won't believe it, but ________ generations might.

2. What other kind of testing, besides head measurement, can begin to measure the intelligence of a person?

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

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

5. It is logical to assume that mentality and ____________ are located in the brain.

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