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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blumenbach believed differences in races might be linked to __________.
(a) DNA
(b) water supply
(c) climate
(d) dood

2. Socrates says that class is ____________.
(a) Unneccesary
(b) Useful
(c) Predetermined
(d) Inhumane

3. Science means looking for the ________ based on facts.
(a) reality
(b) truth
(c) theory
(d) answer

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

5. Gould also wants to look for problems in the ___________ data.
(a) numerical
(b) gender
(c) racial
(d) philosophical

6. The answer to #48 said that humans were distinguished from _________ by the human's ability to improve himself.
(a) slaves
(b) animals
(c) blacks
(d) savages

7. Gould calls biological determinism a theory of _____________ that has had a profound effect on many people.
(a) races
(b) limits
(c) society
(d) prejudice

8. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.
(a) number
(b) chance
(c) measurement
(d) test

9. It was thought that black brains could not ____________ or absorb information.
(a) understand
(b) hear
(c) believe
(d) handle

10. The main question becomes, can ________ change the status of the inferior group?
(a) education
(b) medication
(c) DNA
(d) environment

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

12. Who was the data analyst for the answer to #55?
(a) Milton
(b) Gould
(c) Morton
(d) No one

13. People with ______ had smaller brain sizes than those who were suddenly killed in accidents.
(a) children
(b) low iron
(c) diseases
(d) AIDS

14. David Hume was a believer in the superiority of the _______ and polygeny.
(a) white race
(b) white female
(c) white child
(d) black race

15. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.
(a) ideas
(b) facts
(c) numbers
(d) data

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was the top-ranked race in practitioners of racial ranking?

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

3. Gould says the manner in which ___________ are formulated is also problematic to studies.

4. What did Galton measure in order to ascertain the intelligence of people?

5. Which was the second-ranked race for the practitioners of racial ranking?

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