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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through American Polygeny and Craniometry before Darwin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.
(a) data
(b) facts
(c) ideas
(d) numbers

2. Who was a 19th century anatomist who believed in the theory of polygenism?
(a) Gould
(b) Broca
(c) Blumenbach
(d) Serres

3. Ranking is used to determine that various disadvantaged groups are ______________.
(a) inferior
(b) exemplary
(c) growing
(d) unnecessary

4. If inferiority is cultural, then it can be changed by __________ factors
(a) biological
(b) educational
(c) governmental
(d) environmental

5. Socrates says that class is ____________.
(a) Predetermined
(b) Useful
(c) Unneccesary
(d) Inhumane

Short Answer Questions

1. Black anatomical structure was often compared to that of a __________.

2. The answer to #48 also tried to show the entities with a higher ranking had to repeat the _________ of those with lower ranking.

3. Who was the skull collector that had more than one thousand different skulls?

4. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.

5. The argument of _______________ is the basis for believing that measuring the intelligence of an individual allows a measure of worth or value to be attached.

(see the answer key)

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