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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Francis Galton's book published in 1869?
(a) Hereditary Genius
(b) Hereditary Explorations
(c) Hereditary and Race
(d) Hereditary Genus

2. Which was the top-ranked race in practitioners of racial ranking?
(a) Whites
(b) Indians
(c) Blacks
(d) Chinese

3. What kinds of weaknesses is Gould looking to find in the arguments of other scientists presented in this book?
(a) Scientific
(b) Spiritual
(c) Psychological
(d) Ethical

4. It was thought that black brains could not ____________ or absorb information.
(a) hear
(b) handle
(c) believe
(d) understand

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who considered that other factors like general health and body size might also affect brain size?

2. Gould says the claims of inferiority are limited to ____________ even thought race, sex, and social class are tied together.

3. According to Gould, Broca's studies were __________ by his choice of what to observe to provide that white brains were larger than black brains.

4. Where did Francis Galton have a display in 1884?

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

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