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

2. Who were like white adolescents?
(a) Adult Mongolians
(b) White children
(c) Black children
(d) Adult blacks

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

4. Did a desire for ______ lead to the questions and data to support a predetermined conclusion?
(a) slaves
(b) answers
(c) races
(d) ranking

5. Who is the author of "An American Dilemma?"
(a) Gunnar Myrdal
(b) Stephen Gould
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Socrates

Short Answer Questions

1. The answer to #48 also said that adult blacks were like _______________.

2. Blumenbach believed differences in races might be linked to __________.

3. Craniometry is used for the _______ status of the people ranked at the bottom of the hierarchy.

4. Gould does not believe that ____________ change reflects changes in social concepts.

5. What means there is some sort of ordering that is used in assigning individuals to their relevant spot?

(see the answer key)

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