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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. The answer to #55 was known as a _________ because he looked for small differences between species.
(a) splitter
(b) species expert
(c) striker
(d) microcosm expert

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

3. Craniometry is used for the _______ status of the people ranked at the bottom of the hierarchy.
(a) inferior
(b) racial
(c) educational
(d) intelligence

4. Who feels that blacks are inferior and therefore deserve the status of a slave?
(a) Red liners
(b) Hard liners
(c) Soft liners
(d) Racial ranking experts

5. Gould wants to reexamine the existing __________ for craniometry and intelligence testing.
(a) scientific researchers
(b) sciences
(c) data sets
(d) logic

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who were like white adolescents?

3. According to Gould, science must be viewed in its ________ context since culture and environment also influence facts and theories.

4. Who was the skull collector that had more than one thousand different skulls?

5. What was the most famous work of the man in #59?

(see the answer key)

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