The Mismeasure of Man Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 99 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Mismeasure of Man Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 99 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Measuring Heads.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what did Bean gather information?
(a) Shoe size
(b) Corpus callosum
(c) Family intelligence
(d) Social status

2. What does Gould want to find in science that will support the idea that biological determinism is a result of social prejudice?
(a) Bad data systems
(b) Faulty logic
(c) Errors in correlation
(d) Cultural influences

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

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

5. What is the study of measuring the human head in order to assess intelligence called?
(a) Craniometry
(b) Cranial-sacral therapy
(c) Psychology
(d) Neurology

Short Answer Questions

1. Louis Pierre Gratiolet wanted to prove that __________ brains were bigger than __________ brains.

2. The answer to #48 also tried to show the entities with a higher ranking had to repeat the _________ of those with lower ranking.

3. What did Galton measure in order to ascertain the intelligence of people?

4. Which was the second-ranked race for the practitioners of racial ranking?

5. What was the most famous work of the man in #59?

(see the answer key)

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