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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. How does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) Information about the author.
(b) With a fictional account of a Martian visitor.
(c) With diagrams.
(d) An explanation of sexual reproduction.

5. The gender ratio is ___________ as an evolutionary pressure in humans.
(a) Weak.
(b) Strong.
(c) Undeniable.
(d) Harmful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lower class individuals tend to have _________.

3. What have scientists discovered about sexual reproduction versus asexual reproduction?

4. What is the lottery theory?

5. In the author's opinion, what is not the primary goal of an organism?

(see the answer key)

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