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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 Caste and Division of Labor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

2. Who removes a newly fertilized queen ant's wings?
(a) Her partner removes them.
(b) Her young remove them.
(c) She removes them herself.
(d) Her wings dissolve after fertilization.

3. Which of the following physical attributes signifies a queen within a swarm of ants?
(a) Coloration.
(b) Wings.
(c) Odor.
(d) Size.

4. Where do sweat bees primarily burrow?
(a) In trees.
(b) In garbage dumps.
(c) Underground.
(d) Near water.

5. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Monomorium pharanaomis"?
(a) Cleopatra's ants.
(b) Pharaoh's ants.
(c) Queen's ants.
(d) Sphynx ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do ants communicate?

2. Of all the landscapes explored in the opening of this novel, which landscape has the highest density of ants per hectare?

3. Which of the following ants are considered most altruistic?

4. Which of the following is NOT an insect phenomenon documented in the opening of this novel?

5. What gender of ants typically makes up an ant colony?

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