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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does evolution work?
(a) Change is continuous.
(b) Very slowly, over thousands of years.
(c) Without competition between organisms.
(d) Different adaptations of an individual which give a reproductive edge.

3. What is the chief competitor to the tangled bank theory and lottery theory?
(a) The Blue Book Theory.
(b) The King's Theory.
(c) The tangled bank and lottery theory have no competition.
(d) The Red Queen Theory.

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

5. What happens if a virus attacks a population of clones?
(a) The virus will kill only the weakest clones.
(b) The clones attack one another in order to survive.
(c) The clone population will effectively kill the virus.
(d) The clone population will be wiped out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do organisms compete during evolution?

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

4. What is the solution of the individually rational genes?

5. What is the "good genes" theory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the sexy sons theory say?

2. Why is there a ratio of 1:1 in males and females?

3. Why do genes exist in the first place?

4. To what is the human genome often compared?

5. What secondary quality do men look for in women?

6. Why is the history of evolution a never ending arms race?

7. Why is the book named after the Red Queen?

8. How do sperm sometimes kill the egg?

9. What is interesting about the mating skills of the Australian bush turkeys?

10. What is interesting about the creator of the Vicar of Bray creator?

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