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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ranking is used to determine that various disadvantaged groups are ______________.
(a) unnecessary
(b) growing
(c) exemplary
(d) inferior

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

3. Socrates says that class is ____________.
(a) Predetermined
(b) Inhumane
(c) Useful
(d) Unneccesary

4. "For the past two centuries, scientific claims have become the primary agent for validating Plato's ________."
(a) Life
(b) Myth
(c) Argument
(d) Story

5. What means there is some sort of ordering that is used in assigning individuals to their relevant spot?
(a) Theoretic discourse
(b) Ranking
(c) Scientific study
(d) Biology

Short Answer Questions

1. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.

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

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

4. Gould says the manner in which ___________ are formulated is also problematic to studies.

5. Who is the author of "An American Dilemma?"

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