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

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

3. Who believes blacks are inferior but that intelligence should not be tied to the right for freedom?
(a) Red liners
(b) Hard liners
(c) Racial ranking staff
(d) Soft liners

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

5. In America, the theory of polygeny was supported by Louis __________.
(a) Agassi
(b) Smith
(c) Agassiz
(d) Hume

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "We now encounter the second ____________ - ranking..."

3. "For the past two centuries, scientific claims have become the primary agent for validating Plato's ________."

4. The answer to #48 also said that adult blacks were like _______________.

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

(see the answer key)

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