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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Gould wants to know if science added the ___________ data, or......
(a) total
(b) legitimate
(c) partial
(d) reliable

3. Who was a 19th century anatomist who believed in the theory of polygenism?
(a) Broca
(b) Serres
(c) Gould
(d) Blumenbach

4. "We now encounter the second ____________ - ranking..."
(a) piece
(b) fallacy
(c) argument
(d) opinion

5. The author of "An American Dilemma" says that Americans and others would only consider the __________ factors when they were forced to.
(a) environmental
(b) spiritual
(c) educational
(d) biological

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gould want to find in science that will support the idea that biological determinism is a result of social prejudice?

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

4. Leaders of the eighteenth and nineteenth century did not dispute __________.

5. Louis from #55 believed that there were different centers of _________.

(see the answer key)

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