William Z. Ripley Quiz

Where was William Z. Ripley born?

• Worcester, Massachusetts

• Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Medford, Massachusetts

• Boston, Massachusetts

Where did William Z. Ripley study for his undergraduate degree?

• Princeton

• Harvard

• MIT

• Yale

Where did William Z. Ripley pursue his masters and doctorate degrees?

• Oxford

• Cambridge

• Stanford

• Columbia

What was the purpose of 'The Races of Europe' initially?

• To supplement Ripley's income

• To contrast with Franz Boaz's work

• To establish the Aryan race

• To promote pseudoscientific works

What was 'The Races of Europe' based on?

• Cultural Studies

• Genetic Analysis

• Anthropometric Measurements

• Cephalic Index

Who did William Z. Ripley's work contrast with?

• Joseph Deniker

• Franz Boaz

• Madison Grant

• Adolf Hitler

Who used Ripley's ideas to fuel his own pseudoscientific works?

• Franz Boaz

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Deniker

• Madison Grant

Who later picked up Madison Grant's ideas to establish the Aryan race?

• Adolf Hitler

• Franz Boaz

• William Z. Ripley

• Joseph Deniker

what is the teutonic race?

• northern race, long skulled tall in stature, pale hair, skin, and eyes

• southern race, long skulled, short/medium build, dark hair, skin, and eyes

• Central race, round skulled, stocky in build, intermediate hair, skin, and eyes

what is the Mediterranean race ?

• northern race, long skulled, tall in stature, pale eyes, skin, and hair

• southern race, long skulled, short/medium stature, dark eyes, skin, and hair

• round skulled central race, stocky in build, intermediate skin, eyes, and hair