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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dawkins argue for communication being selfish?
(a) By pointing out lying and misleading communications.
(b) By pointing out that communication is only understaken for specific, selfish ends.
(c) By pointing out that the ends of communiation benefit both parties.
(d) By pointing out that communication always has a main communcator.

2. How does the author say that human beings think of their own species?
(a) As able to rise above animal drives.
(b) As exempt from the laws of natural selection.
(c) As a goal that evolution has achieved.
(d) As more imporant than other species.

3. What happens in inversion?
(a) DNA is inserted backwards in a chromosome.
(b) A nucleotide is inserted backwards in DNA.
(c) Chromosomes are inserted backwards in a cell nucleus.
(d) A gene is inserted backwards on a strand of DNA.

4. How many nucleotide chains are in DNA?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. According to Dawkins, are the self-copying molecules that Dawkins discusses "life" or not?
(a) Dawkins says it does not matter.
(b) Dawkins says that they are definitely "life."
(c) Dawkins says that they are definitely not "life."
(d) Dawkins says that they are a kind of "life," but not as we know it today.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dawkins say that evolution is about?

2. What would give longevity to early self-duplicating molecules, according to Dawkins?

3. What molecules does Dawkins say existed in ancient seas and formed amino acids?

4. What does the Watt Governor machine appear to do?

5. What would molecules that grouped and built protective walls around themselves become?

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