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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. Hume believed there was never a __________ nation that wasn't made of white men.
(a) civilized
(b) useless
(c) conflict ridden
(d) productive

2. Which Socrates work is Gould discussing at the opening of this book?
(a) Phaedo
(b) Apology
(c) Republic
(d) Euthyphro

3. Which race was ranked last in the eyes of the practitioners of racial ranking?
(a) Blacks
(b) Chinese
(c) Indians
(d) Whites

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

5. Where did Francis Galton have a display in 1884?
(a) Nobel Prize banquet
(b) His home
(c) World Fair
(d) International Exposition

Short Answer Questions

1. It was thought that black brains could not ____________ or absorb information.

2. Gould also wants to look for problems in the ___________ data.

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

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

5. If inferiority is cultural, then it can be changed by __________ factors

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Broca feel women should be denied the benefits of education?

2. Describe and define the idea of biological determinism.

3. What did Robert Bennett Bean study as an investigator into craniometry?

4. 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?

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

6. What are some of the arguments that have been used to justify the rankings of people in society?

7. What is the special designation that craniometry holds in relation to the study of ranking and intelligence?

8. What did David Hume believe about white men?

9. Who was Serres, in relation to the polygenism movement? What did he study and find to be true?

10. What were some of the additional factors Gratiolet studied in order to determine the effect of brain size?

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