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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates feel will happen when all people are intelligent?
(a) Society will stop changing.
(b) Society will become revolutionary.
(c) Society will become enlightened.
(d) Society will remain stable.

2. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.
(a) number
(b) measurement
(c) chance
(d) test

3. "Plato relied upon dialectic, the Church upon __________."
(a) leaders
(b) dogma
(c) faith
(d) God

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

5. "For the past two centuries, scientific claims have become the primary agent for validating Plato's ________."
(a) Story
(b) Argument
(c) Myth
(d) Life

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Socrates work is Gould discussing at the opening of this book?

2. According to Gould, science must be viewed in its ________ context since culture and environment also influence facts and theories.

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

4. 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.

5. Gould also wants to look for problems in the ___________ data.

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