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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do males harm themselves?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Status games.
(c) Uneasy violence and status games.
(d) Uneasy violence.

2. When it is difficult or costly for female birds to choose males, females will choose ___________.
(a) Based on having the most food.
(b) Based on ornamentation.
(c) The prettiest beak.
(d) The male with the nicest wing span.

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

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

5. What type of civilization do the New Guinea tribes have?
(a) Scavengers.
(b) Democratic governments.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Hunter gatherers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "good genes" theory?

2. How do organisms compete during evolution?

3. How do species outwit killer viruses?

4. Why does this organism present a mystery to the question of reproduction?

5. What is the bdelloid rotifer?

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