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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Real Error of Cyril Burt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bean compared the _______ of blacks and whites to prove his view of the inferiority of blacks.
(a) heights
(b) eyes
(c) brains
(d) arm lengths

2. H.H. Goddard was the first to do what with Binet's test?
(a) Bring it to America
(b) Print it and turn it into a book
(c) Use it on black children
(d) Follow all the rules

3. What is the one category to which Socrates does NOT say people belong?
(a) Auxiliaries
(b) Craftsman
(c) Rules
(d) Peasants

4. "[T]he child represents a ____________ adult ancestor."
(a) younger
(b) comparable
(c) primitive
(d) unique

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The main question becomes, can ________ change the status of the inferior group?

2. No matter how strong a correlation is, it says nothing about _________.

3. Franklin P. Mall __________ and __________ Bean's work.

4. The answer to #48 also said that adult blacks were like _______________.

5. One problem that resulted from Binet's test was this idea: If intelligence was ____________, it was inevitable.

(see the answer key)

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