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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of play does McConnell NOT recommend?
(a) Fetch.
(b) Tricks.
(c) Hide and Seek.
(d) Fighting.

2. What is the biggest misconception owner's make regarding their influence on a dog's behavior?
(a) That their size is their biggest influence.
(b) That their speed is their biggest influence.
(c) That their voice is their biggest influence.
(d) That their body is their biggest influence.

3. What is the "guy-with-the-gold-chain" hypothesis?
(a) It is the theory that dogs are afraid of guys who wear gold chains.
(b) It is the theory that a dog enjoys advertising to other dogs that it has been in contact with food-related things.
(c) It is the theory that dogs like guys who wear gold chains.
(d) It is the theory that dogs do not enjoy advertising to other dogs that it has been in contact with food-related things.

4. According to McConnell, what is the best word to use to encourage a dog's silence?
(a) Enough.
(b) Down.
(c) No.
(d) Stop.

5. What are low pitched sounds used for?
(a) Authority, threat, disapproval.
(b) Disapproval, authority, positivity.
(c) Authority, encouragement, positivity.
(d) Positivity, authority, cheerfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should an owner do who wants to avoid a dog from crawling into her or his lap?

2. How do male and female humans engage in play fighting?

3. What physical traits were present in the study which illustrated that paedomorphism is also physiological?

4. What do dogs equate loudness to?

5. Like dogs, humans are also in tune with what?

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