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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is maleness a reproductive advantage?
(a) In monogamous relationships.
(b) In homosexual relationships.
(c) All the time, no matter what the relationship.
(d) In polygamous groups, such as monkeys.

2. What kind of study does evolution become?
(a) Competition between friends.
(b) How organisms become better over generations.
(c) A slow process.
(d) Functions of bodies and organisims as gene vehicles.

3. What is the continuous arms race that occurs between organisms?
(a) No one can catch up.
(b) People will try to kill one another so that their genes may carry on.
(c) World War II.
(d) Once an advantage is gained, the loser will adapt to negate the advantage.

4. In Chapter 4, what story of tragedy does the author tell?
(a) The story of the salesman.
(b) The story of the gazelle.
(c) The story of the fisherman.
(d) The kangeroo story.

5. What does sex do to the genome of humans and other organisms?
(a) Increases randomness of the genome.
(b) Makes stronger genes.
(c) Decreases randomness of the genome.
(d) Causes too much risk in the genes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the tangled bank theory?

2. Instead of scientists concentrating on why humans are the way they are, they should concentrate on _________.

3. To understand human nature, what must we understand?

4. What is one way of good gene replication that the author mentions?

5. Who developed the Red Queen theory?

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