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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Motor functions are performed at the _________ of the brain.
(a) front
(b) left side
(c) back
(d) right side

2. Gould says the claims of inferiority are limited to ____________ even thought race, sex, and social class are tied together.
(a) one setting
(b) one study
(c) one group
(d) one scientist

3. Socrates' friend does not believe his ideas, saying that it is a lie and that ________ generations won't believe it, but ________ generations might.
(a) future, present
(b) poor, rich
(c) common, enlightened
(d) present, future

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

5. What does Gould want to find in science that will support the idea that biological determinism is a result of social prejudice?
(a) Bad data systems
(b) Cultural influences
(c) Faulty logic
(d) Errors in correlation

6. What does Socrates believe all people should be?
(a) Honest
(b) Argumentative
(c) Leaders
(d) Educated

7. Louis Pierre Gratiolet wanted to prove that __________ brains were bigger than __________ brains.
(a) American, French
(b) German, French
(c) French, German
(d) German, American

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

9. Who were like white adolescents?
(a) White children
(b) Adult Mongolians
(c) Adult blacks
(d) Black children

10. Did a desire for ______ lead to the questions and data to support a predetermined conclusion?
(a) slaves
(b) answers
(c) races
(d) ranking

11. When did craniometry first appear in the study of intelligence?
(a) Late 19th century
(b) Last 18th century
(c) Early 19th century
(d) Early 18th century

12. What does Socrates feel will happen when all people are intelligent?
(a) Society will become revolutionary.
(b) Society will stop changing.
(c) Society will become enlightened.
(d) Society will remain stable.

13. What was the most famous work of the man in #59?
(a) Crania Inca
(b) Crania Astounda
(c) Crania Americana
(d) Crania

14. On what did Bean gather information?
(a) Shoe size
(b) Corpus callosum
(c) Social status
(d) Family intelligence

15. The individual's social and economic status is determined by biology so any attempt to make changes has to be _________.
(a) impossible
(b) unlikely
(c) useful
(d) costly

Short Answer Questions

1. The craniometry argument is the first __________ argument that has been offered.

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

3. Who was the skull collector that had more than one thousand different skulls?

4. Gould wants to know if science added the ___________ data, or......

5. The answer to #48 also tried to show the entities with a higher ranking had to repeat the _________ of those with lower ranking.

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