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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If inferiority is cultural, then it can be changed by __________ factors
(a) biological
(b) environmental
(c) educational
(d) governmental

2. Who was the data analyst for the answer to #55?
(a) Milton
(b) Morton
(c) Gould
(d) No one

3. Which race was ranked last in the eyes of the practitioners of racial ranking?
(a) Blacks
(b) Whites
(c) Indians
(d) Chinese

4. Socrates says that class is ____________.
(a) Unneccesary
(b) Inhumane
(c) Predetermined
(d) Useful

5. Broca also thought that ________ should be denied the benefits of education due to smaller brains.
(a) elderly people
(b) children
(c) women
(d) leaders

Short Answer Questions

1. Gould says the claims of inferiority are limited to ____________ even thought race, sex, and social class are tied together.

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

3. Which view was based on the idea that inferior races can not be linked to the whites because they started from a separate group of DNA and people?

4. On what did Bean gather information?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the special designation that craniometry holds in relation to the study of ranking and intelligence?

2. Why did Broca feel women should be denied the benefits of education?

3. What did Gould find to be the main problem with Paul Broca's work?

4. What does Gould logically assume to be true in relation to the contents of the brain?

5. Who are two of the famous figures from history who are noted as believing in the inferiority of the blacks?

6. What does Gould want to define ranking as?

7. What are 2 of the four points Gould keeps in mind as he examines the studies of the researchers in this book?

8. What are the two groups Gould identifies within the idea of ranking blacks and other races?

9. If given the races of Indian, Black, and White, how would these be ranked, according to the early craniometry methods?

10. Who was Serres, in relation to the polygenism movement? What did he study and find to be true?

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