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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Positive Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which label could also live independently and reproduce and be a threat to racial health?
(a) Idiots
(b) Imbeciles
(c) Debiles
(d) Morons

2. "The __________ of inferior groups must be like __________ of superior groups..."
(a) children, children
(b) adults, adults
(c) adults, children
(d) children, adults

3. Humans are limited by their biological ____________.
(a) boundaries
(b) questions
(c) adaptations
(d) desires

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

5. Cesare Lombroso thought that ____________ behavior is hereditary.
(a) criminal
(b) political
(c) social
(d) sexual

Short Answer Questions

1. Louis Pierre Gratiolet wanted to prove that __________ brains were bigger than __________ brains.

2. Who believes blacks are inferior but that intelligence should not be tied to the right for freedom?

3. What kinds of weaknesses is Gould looking to find in the arguments of other scientists presented in this book?

4. The principal components approach allowed Burt to identify _________ factors.

5. What is the study of measuring the human head in order to assess intelligence called?

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