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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gould does not view the studies he will cover as _______ scientific practices.
(a) out of date
(b) simplistic
(c) silly
(d) bad

2. Gould says the claims of inferiority are limited to ____________ even thought race, sex, and social class are tied together.
(a) one scientist
(b) one study
(c) one group
(d) one setting

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

4. Who considered that other factors like general health and body size might also affect brain size?
(a) Gratiolet
(b) Broca
(c) Blumenbach
(d) Franklin

5. It is logical to assume that mentality and ____________ are located in the brain.
(a) potential
(b) intelligence
(c) spirit
(d) logic

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a 19th century anatomist who believed in the theory of polygenism?

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

3. Paul Broca was a professor of surgery in what city?

4. What means there is some sort of ordering that is used in assigning individuals to their relevant spot?

5. The author of "An American Dilemma" says that Americans and others would only consider the __________ factors when they were forced to.

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