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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sexual reproduction is ___________ to keep the parasites and diseases off guard by creating new variations through each generation.
(a) An attempt.
(b) Not able.
(c) An inefficient means.
(d) Not an easy way.

2. What is the lottery theory?
(a) Organisms in densely populated areas survive better.
(b) It is more advantageous for humans to asexually reproduce.
(c) Sexual reproduction is the riskiest way for humans to reproduce.
(d) Sexual reproduction allows for a smaller number of very exceptional offspring.

3. Who created the tangled bank theory?
(a) Richard Dawkins.
(b) Leigh Van Valen.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Graham Bell.

4. What was the 16th century cleric known for besides his scientific theories?
(a) Killing Catholics.
(b) Switching between Catholic and Protestant religions.
(c) His sermons.
(d) Being a survivor of Protestant ridicule.

5. What is the Vicar of Bray hypothesis?
(a) Sexual reproduction should not exist.
(b) Sexual reproduction provides rapid speed of evolution.
(c) Same-sex reproduction must be understood to understand sexual reproduction.
(d) Asexual reproduction provides rapid speed of evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main focus of the novel?

2. In 1970, __________ argued that the individual is merely a container for genes.

3. What is sexual selection?

4. In humans, what does evolution rely on?

5. To explain sex, scientists need to find ________________.

(see the answer key)

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