3. Franklin P. Mall __________ and __________ Bean's work.
(a) repeated, refuted
(b) repeated, agreed with
(c) idolized, copied
(d) understood, appreciated

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

5. Who was the data analyst for the answer to #55?
(a) Gould
(b) No one
(c) Morton
(d) Milton

Short Answer Questions

1. The individual's social and economic status is determined by biology so any attempt to make changes has to be _________.

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

3. Which view was based on the idea that inferior races can not be linked to the whites because they started from a separate group of DNA and people?

4. Bean compared the _______ of blacks and whites to prove his view of the inferiority of blacks.

5. Leaders of the eighteenth and nineteenth century did not dispute __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Francis Galton and what did he do for the scientific study of intelligence measurement?

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

5. What does Gould want to define ranking as?

6. 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?

7. What are the two groups Gould identifies within the idea of ranking blacks and other races?

8. Define the idea of monogenism.

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

10. What did Gould find to be the main problem with Paul Broca's work?

(see the answer keys)

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