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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author of "An American Dilemma" says that Americans and others would only consider the __________ factors when they were forced to.
(a) educational
(b) environmental
(c) biological
(d) spiritual

3. Where did Francis Galton have a display in 1884?
(a) International Exposition
(b) His home
(c) World Fair
(d) Nobel Prize banquet

4. Bean compared the _______ of blacks and whites to prove his view of the inferiority of blacks.
(a) eyes
(b) brains
(c) heights
(d) arm lengths

5. Gould says the claims of inferiority are limited to ____________ even thought race, sex, and social class are tied together.
(a) one study
(b) one setting
(c) one group
(d) one scientist

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Franklin P. Mall __________ and __________ Bean's work.

3. What kinds of weaknesses is Gould looking to find in the arguments of other scientists presented in this book?

4. Blumenbach believed differences in races might be linked to __________.

5. Gould does not believe that ____________ change reflects changes in social concepts.

(see the answer key)

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