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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kinds of weaknesses is Gould looking to find in the arguments of other scientists presented in this book?
(a) Psychological
(b) Spiritual
(c) Ethical
(d) Scientific

3. Who feels that blacks are inferior and therefore deserve the status of a slave?
(a) Soft liners
(b) Red liners
(c) Hard liners
(d) Racial ranking experts

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Experts claimed it was no good to __________ blacks.

4. Which view was based on the story of Adam and Eve?

5. Broca also thought that ________ should be denied the benefits of education due to smaller brains.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two views that resulted in the study of racial inferiority?

2. In the opening of this book, Gould quotes Socrates as saying all people should be educated and that they will belong to whom in order for society to remain stable?

3. What does Gunnar Myrdal have to say about the situation of ranking people in society?

4. How is biological determinism used in regards to the measurement of intelligence of people in society?

5. What did David Hume believe about white men?

6. Describe and define the idea of biological determinism.

7. Who are two of the famous figures from history who are noted as believing in the inferiority of the blacks?

8. What does Gould want to define ranking as?

9. What does Gould have to say about science in relation to the facts it collects?

10. What does Gould want to study in relation to the science related to the arguments for biological determinism?

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