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

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

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

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

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. "We now encounter the second ____________ - ranking..."

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

4. The argument of _______________ is the basis for believing that measuring the intelligence of an individual allows a measure of worth or value to be attached.

5. When did craniometry first appear in the study of intelligence?

(see the answer key)

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