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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Vicar of Bray theory flawed?
(a) It sees evolution as the goal of an organisim.
(b) It was made up by someone who is not a scientist.
(c) It has been proven wrong over the centuries.
(d) It does not take sexual reproduction into account.

2. Ever since _____________ in the late 19th century, scientists have understood that all life forms are a product of biological evolution.
(a) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(b) Richard Dawkins.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Russel Wallace.

3. What do males want in sexual partners?
(a) A very young female.
(b) An attractive female.
(c) A good mother.
(d) A spontaneous female.

4. What can a psychiatrist expect to find in all people?
(a) Psychopathic behavior.
(b) Similar emotions and behaviors.
(c) No similarities in emotions.
(d) Extreme emotions and rational behaviors.

5. Pre- Darwinian thinkers such as _____________ believed that evolution was a process of individual adaptations that were later passed down to ancestors.
(a) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(b) Richard Dawkins.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Russel Wallace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary part in sexual reproduction?

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

3. Is attractiveness always the only criteria for mate selection?

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

5. How does the Red Queen begin?

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