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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Science means looking for the ________ based on facts.
(a) reality
(b) truth
(c) answer
(d) theory

2. Gould calls biological determinism a theory of _____________ that has had a profound effect on many people.
(a) society
(b) prejudice
(c) limits
(d) races

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

4. 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) Bad data systems
(c) Faulty logic
(d) Cultural influences

5. Black anatomical structure was often compared to that of a __________.
(a) dog
(b) donkey
(c) horse
(d) monkey

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes blacks are inferior but that intelligence should not be tied to the right for freedom?

2. Within what century did science become fascinated with numbers?

3. Paul Broca was a professor of surgery in what city?

4. The craniometry argument is the first __________ argument that has been offered.

5. People with ______ had smaller brain sizes than those who were suddenly killed in accidents.

(see the answer key)

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