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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Flaws in the experimental design, according to Gould, do not lead to _________ in the numbers.
(a) usefulness
(b) the right sums
(c) proper graphs
(d) credibility

4. According to Gould, science must be viewed in its ________ context since culture and environment also influence facts and theories.
(a) social
(b) biological
(c) ethnic
(d) racial

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

6. Louis from #55 believed that there were different centers of _________.
(a) creation
(b) races
(c) possibility
(d) life

7. Who was Francis Galton's cousin?
(a) Stephen Gould
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Paul Broca
(d) Charles Darwin

8. The craniometry argument is the first __________ argument that has been offered.
(a) scientific
(b) logical
(c) reliable
(d) plausible

9. The answer to #48 also said that adult blacks were like _______________.
(a) white children
(b) black children
(c) white adolescents
(d) monkeys

10. Gould does not believe that ____________ change reflects changes in social concepts.
(a) biological
(b) racial
(c) cultural
(d) scientific

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

12. "We now encounter the second ____________ - ranking..."
(a) opinion
(b) piece
(c) argument
(d) fallacy

13. Gould wants to reexamine the existing __________ for craniometry and intelligence testing.
(a) sciences
(b) scientific researchers
(c) data sets
(d) logic

14. It is logical to assume that mentality and ____________ are located in the brain.
(a) intelligence
(b) spirit
(c) logic
(d) potential

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The argument of _______________ is the basis for believing that measuring the intelligence of an individual allows a measure of worth or value to be attached.

2. Within what century did science become fascinated with numbers?

3. What did Gould see Broca had formed before he ever started his research?

4. Bean compared the _______ of blacks and whites to prove his view of the inferiority of blacks.

5. The main question becomes, can ________ change the status of the inferior group?

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