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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Real Error of Cyril Burt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Louis Pierre Gratiolet wanted to prove that __________ brains were bigger than __________ brains.
(a) German, American
(b) German, French
(c) French, German
(d) American, French

2. Which was the second-ranked race for the practitioners of racial ranking?
(a) Chinese
(b) Indians
(c) Whites
(d) Blacks

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

4. What was Francis Galton's book published in 1869?
(a) Hereditary Genus
(b) Hereditary Genius
(c) Hereditary and Race
(d) Hereditary Explorations

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

Short Answer Questions

1. H.H. Goddard was the first to do what with Binet's test?

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

3. Cesare Lombroso thought that ____________ behavior is hereditary.

4. Each person is assigned a single ________ that determines his ranking on the scale.

5. Where did Francis Galton have a display in 1884?

(see the answer key)

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