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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. When did craniometry first appear in the study of intelligence?
(a) Last 18th century
(b) Early 19th century
(c) Late 19th century
(d) Early 18th century

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

3. What kinds of weaknesses is Gould looking to find in the arguments of other scientists presented in this book?
(a) Spiritual
(b) Scientific
(c) Psychological
(d) Ethical

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. David Hume was a believer in the superiority of the _______ and polygeny.

2. Gould says the manner in which ___________ are formulated is also problematic to studies.

3. Craniometry is used for the _______ status of the people ranked at the bottom of the hierarchy.

4. Who believes blacks are inferior but that intelligence should not be tied to the right for freedom?

5. Socrates' friend does not believe his ideas, saying that it is a lie and that ________ generations won't believe it, but ________ generations might.

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