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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. Science means looking for the ________ based on facts.
(a) reality
(b) answer
(c) theory
(d) truth

2. Did a desire for ______ lead to the questions and data to support a predetermined conclusion?
(a) races
(b) answers
(c) slaves
(d) ranking

3. The answer to #48 said that humans were distinguished from _________ by the human's ability to improve himself.
(a) animals
(b) blacks
(c) slaves
(d) savages

4. Hume believed there was never a __________ nation that wasn't made of white men.
(a) useless
(b) productive
(c) conflict ridden
(d) civilized

5. What is the one category to which Socrates does NOT say people belong?
(a) Rules
(b) Craftsman
(c) Peasants
(d) Auxiliaries

Short Answer Questions

1. Gould wants to reexamine the existing __________ for craniometry and intelligence testing.

2. Who was the data analyst for the answer to #55?

3. The individual's social and economic status is determined by biology so any attempt to make changes has to be _________.

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

5. What does Socrates feel will happen when all people are intelligent?

(see the answer key)

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