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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. Black anatomical structure was often compared to that of a __________.
(a) horse
(b) dog
(c) donkey
(d) monkey
2. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.
(a) chance
(b) test
(c) number
(d) measurement
3. "Plato relied upon dialectic, the Church upon __________."
(a) dogma
(b) God
(c) faith
(d) leaders
4. What other kind of testing, besides head measurement, can begin to measure the intelligence of a person?
(a) Body
(b) Spiritual
(c) Subliminal
(d) Psychological
5. Hume believed there was never a __________ nation that wasn't made of white men.
(a) useless
(b) productive
(c) conflict ridden
(d) civilized
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of disease can cause the brain to diminish in size before death?
2. Who is the author of "An American Dilemma?"
3. What does Gould want to find in science that will support the idea that biological determinism is a result of social prejudice?
4. Gould wants to reexamine the existing __________ for craniometry and intelligence testing.
5. What does Socrates believe all people should be?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gunnar Myrdal have to say about the situation of ranking people in society?
2. Describe and define the idea of biological determinism.
3. What did David Hume believe about white men?
4. Define the idea of monogenism.
5. What did Blumenbach believe the anatomical structure differences between blacks and whites were the result of?
6. What is Socrates' idea as to how classes and categories will be formed in relation to people in a society?
7. What are the two views that resulted in the study of racial inferiority?
8. Who was Francis Galton and what did he do for the scientific study of intelligence measurement?
9. Who was Serres, in relation to the polygenism movement? What did he study and find to be true?
10. What is the special designation that craniometry holds in relation to the study of ranking and intelligence?
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