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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other kind of testing, besides head measurement, can begin to measure the intelligence of a person?

2. What does Gould want to find in science that will support the idea that biological determinism is a result of social prejudice?

3. The main question becomes, can ________ change the status of the inferior group?

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

5. What did Gould see Broca had formed before he ever started his research?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Define the idea of monogenism.

3. What were the results of Bean's work, as he found the differences between the races and the genders?

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

7. What is Socrates' idea as to how classes and categories will be formed in relation to people in a society?

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

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

10. What does Gould want to define ranking as?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For many people, the idea of a scientific study is instantly perceived as being valid and useful to those who read it and understand it. But Gould seems to be attacking the scientific process, or at least, his book might be perceived in that manner.

Part 1: Why does Gould decide to attack the science behind the studies of ranking individuals according to intelligence?

Part 2: In what ways is science affected by those who utilize it for studying certain subjects? Better said, how do the researchers themselves affect the outcomes of their experiments?

Part 3: Do you think a scientific study can ever be completely free of bias? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Alfred Binet is prominently studied within "The Mismeasure of Man." His work helped to define the study of human intelligence and paved the way for many more studies in that arena.

Part 1: What was the background of Alfred Binet?

Part 2: What was Binet commissioned to do and how did he set about achieving this goal?

Part 3: What was Binet's major claim to fame in relation to the ranking of human intelligence?

Essay Topic 3

Recapitulation is an idea that seems to allow for the ranking of people from high to low. This idea is one of the many that sprang up in the nineteenth century, and Gould is quick to point out the main issues.

Part 1: How is recapitulation defined?

Part 2: What did this theory provide that other scientific theories did not?

Part 3: How were adults and children used in the scientific theory of recapitulation?

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