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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Zahavi, a scientist, theorize about reproduction mating?
(a) Female attractiveness signals the male's ability to survive.
(b) Male attractiveness hurts a male's ability to survive.
(c) Female attractiveness hurts a male's ability to survive.
(d) Male attractiveness signals the male's ability to survive.

2. What causes a man's brain to change in the womb?
(a) A dose of testosterone.
(b) Estrogen.
(c) Endocrine.
(d) A dose of progesterone.

3. Is attractiveness always the only criteria for mate selection?
(a) Yes, females are shallow.
(b) Yes, females don't like ugly people.
(c) No, only when selection is plentiful.
(d) No, females like important mates.

4. How does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) With observations about pine moles.
(b) With mating behavior of Australian brush turkeys.
(c) With an explanation of courtship.
(d) With the story of a fisherman.

5. Of course, both males and females have a (an) ________ to deceive the other sex to promote their own attractiveness.
(a) Reason.
(b) Incentive.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Right.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boys tend to be better at reasoning ______, whereas women excel in reasoning in terms of _______.

2. Young boys show a propensity for __________.

3. Are individuals involved in evolution aware of the choices they are making?

4. What do males want in sexual partners?

5. In most species, what do many females mostly prefer in males?

(see the answer key)

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