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

2. Lower class individuals tend to have _________.
(a) Less babies.
(b) Female babies.
(c) More babies.
(d) Male babies.

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

4. Why does this organism present a mystery to the question of reproduction?
(a) It is extinct and cannot be studied.
(b) The organism decided to self replicate.
(c) The organism gave up sexual reproduction.
(d) It kills other organisms that participate in it.

5. In 1970, __________ argued that the individual is merely a container for genes.
(a) Richard Dawkins.
(b) Russel Wallace.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do species outwit killer viruses?

2. What genders are not always needed?

3. Organisms that reproduce sexually will pass immunity or defenses down to whom?

4. What kind of study does evolution become?

5. High status individuals tend to have __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is perplexing about sexual reproduction?

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

3. Who developed the Red Queen Theory?

4. How does the book begin and why is it important?

5. Who changed the discussions concerning evolution after the 19th century?

6. What does the sexy sons theory say?

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

8. To what is the human genome often compared?

9. How is the theory supported by science?

10. What would lead a woman to pick a man based on looks?

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