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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the set of bees Dawkins mentions that deal with this disease, what does a second gene the bees have do?
(a) Cause the bees to leave the hive where sick baby bees are.
(b) Cause the bees to throw sick baby bees out of the hive.
(c) Cause the bees to crush sick baby bees.
(d) Cause the bees to eat sick baby bees.

2. What does Dawkins give as his example of the individual benefit of pack behavior in hyenas?
(a) The hyenas can get protection from other hyenas.
(b) The hyenas can hunt bigger prey as a pack.
(c) The hyenas can gain more information from the pack.
(d) The hyenas can find more prey as a pack.

3. Can a gene change it's strategy for survival?
(a) No, genes can only create the protein they are formed to generate.
(b) No, genes only predict a likely strategy and are stuck with it.
(c) Yes, genes modify themselves to try new strategies.
(d) Yes, genes modify their strategy by chaning the proteins they form.

4. What would competition between early self-copying molecules be over?
(a) Water.
(b) Gaseous molecules.
(c) Building-block molecules.
(d) Space.

5. How common does Dawkins say doubt about evolution is?
(a) He says it's common.
(b) He says it's rare.
(c) He says it's in everyone.
(d) He says it's nonexistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dawkins describe some female birds demanding from males?

2. In Dawkins' discussion, why do baby birds scream?

3. What does Dawkins speculate that cuckoo chicks might do?

4. What does AI stand for?

5. Which cells in an organism contain the creature's DNA?

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