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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which view was based on the story of Adam and Eve?

2. Who was the data analyst for the answer to #55?

3. Which was the top-ranked race in practitioners of racial ranking?

4. Gould goes on to say that science has not been constrained by _________.

5. Ranking is used to determine that various disadvantaged groups are ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the additional factors Gratiolet studied in order to determine the effect of brain size?

2. In the opening of this book, Gould quotes Socrates as saying all people should be educated and that they will belong to whom in order for society to remain stable?

3. What does Gould want to define ranking as?

4. Define the idea of polygenism.

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

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

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 did David Hume believe about white men?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Havelock Ellis claimed that one group of people was superior to another, while Louis Bolk noticed differences among genders, depending on where they lived. These two scientists has revolutionary ideas for their time period.

Part 1: What group did Havelock Ellis feel was superior to others?

Part 2: What differences among genders, based on living situation, did Louis Bolk find?

Part 3: What were Bolk's feelings about the superiority of the white race? What did he have to say about whites as a race as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Biological determinism is the concept upon which the ranking systems in this book are based. By taking into consideration biology, it is thought that scientists can begin to form systems of ranking.

Part 1: What is the definition of biological determinism?

Part 2: What are some examples of research the relies on biological determinism?

Part 3: Does biological determinism seem to be a logical place to begin a system of ranking people according to value? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Alfred Binet is prominently studied within "The Mismeasure of Man." His work helped to define the study of human intelligence and paved the way for many more studies in that arena.

Part 1: What was the background of Alfred Binet?

Part 2: What was Binet commissioned to do and how did he set about achieving this goal?

Part 3: What was Binet's major claim to fame in relation to the ranking of human intelligence?

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