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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 evolution
(d) biological determinism

2. What means there is some sort of ordering that is used in assigning individuals to their relevant spot?
(a) Ranking
(b) Biology
(c) Scientific study
(d) Theoretic discourse

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

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

5. What was Francis Galton's book published in 1869?
(a) Hereditary Explorations
(b) Hereditary and Race
(c) Hereditary Genus
(d) Hereditary Genius

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

7. "We now encounter the second ____________ - ranking..."
(a) fallacy
(b) argument
(c) opinion
(d) piece

8. The answer to #48 also tried to show the entities with a higher ranking had to repeat the _________ of those with lower ranking.
(a) illnesses
(b) education
(c) growth stages
(d) work

9. Who was the skull collector that had more than one thousand different skulls?
(a) Stephen Gould
(b) Louis
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Samuel Morton

10. Craniometry is used for the _______ status of the people ranked at the bottom of the hierarchy.
(a) intelligence
(b) racial
(c) inferior
(d) educational

11. If inferiority is cultural, then it can be changed by __________ factors
(a) educational
(b) biological
(c) environmental
(d) governmental

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

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

14. What other kind of testing, besides head measurement, can begin to measure the intelligence of a person?
(a) Psychological
(b) Subliminal
(c) Body
(d) Spiritual

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.

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

3. Bean felt that the ______, or front part of the brain, was smaller in women than in men.

4. Motor functions are performed at the _________ of the brain.

5. People with ______ had smaller brain sizes than those who were suddenly killed in accidents.

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