View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which race was ranked last in the eyes of the practitioners of racial ranking?
(a) Chinese
(b) Indians
(c) Whites
(d) Blacks

2. Who was Francis Galton's cousin?
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) Paul Broca
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Stephen Gould

3. Louis from #55 believed that there were different centers of _________.
(a) possibility
(b) life
(c) creation
(d) races

4. The answer to #48 also said that adult blacks were like _______________.
(a) black children
(b) white children
(c) monkeys
(d) white adolescents

5. Hume believed there was never a __________ nation that wasn't made of white men.
(a) conflict ridden
(b) civilized
(c) productive
(d) useless

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The individual's social and economic status is determined by biology so any attempt to make changes has to be _________.

3. Who was a 19th century anatomist who believed in the theory of polygenism?

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

5. What other kind of testing, besides head measurement, can begin to measure the intelligence of a person?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 174 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample