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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Measuring Bodies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The answer to #93 caused a slowdown in ____________, leading to inferiority.
(a) hair coloring
(b) development
(c) skin coloring
(d) sexual characteristics

2. Broca also thought that ________ should be denied the benefits of education due to smaller brains.
(a) elderly people
(b) children
(c) leaders
(d) women

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

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

5. What does Gould want to find in science that will support the idea that biological determinism is a result of social prejudice?
(a) Bad data systems
(b) Faulty logic
(c) Cultural influences
(d) Errors in correlation

Short Answer Questions

1. Within what century did science become fascinated with numbers?

2. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.

3. Franklin P. Mall __________ and __________ Bean's work.

4. 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?

5. Did a desire for ______ lead to the questions and data to support a predetermined conclusion?

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