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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. "Plato relied upon dialectic, the Church upon __________."
(a) dogma
(b) leaders
(c) God
(d) faith

2. The argument of _______________ is the basis for believing that measuring the intelligence of an individual allows a measure of worth or value to be attached.
(a) biological transfiguration
(b) biological destiny
(c) biological determinism
(d) biological evolution

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

4. According to Gould, Broca's studies were __________ by his choice of what to observe to provide that white brains were larger than black brains.
(a) faulty
(b) biased
(c) truthful
(d) complete

5. "G" was considered to be _________.
(a) cultural
(b) inherited
(c) gender based
(d) racial

Short Answer Questions

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

2. E.D. Cope based his theory in #92 on the idea that the ____________ brought on earlier maturation.

3. What was Francis Galton's book published in 1869?

4. What is the one category to which Socrates does NOT say people belong?

5. Bean compared the _______ of blacks and whites to prove his view of the inferiority of blacks.

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