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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wynne-Edwards say happens when other animals communicate to the species that there is overpopulation?
(a) The animals store extra food.
(b) The animals attack others' young.
(c) The animals have fewer young.
(d) The animals claim larger territories.

2. What apparently unselfish behavior of small birds does the author describe?
(a) Protecting another bird's eggs.
(b) Drawing the attention of a hawk to itself and away from the flock.
(c) Staying awake to warn the flock of approaching predators.
(d) Bringing excess food to others in the flock.

3. What does the author suggest might be better wording than "survival of the fittest"?
(a) Survival of the stable.
(b) Survival of the most adaptable.
(c) Survival of the best.
(d) Survival of the most reliable.

4. What would give longevity to early self-duplicating molecules, according to Dawkins?
(a) Larger numbers of components.
(b) Greater flexibility.
(c) Smaller numbers of elements.
(d) Greater stability.

5. What happens to animals that tend to lose in fights?
(a) They tend to change their fighting strategies.
(b) They tend to fight more aggressively in the future.
(c) They tend to give up sooner in the future.
(d) They tend to challenge less dominant rivals in the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dawkins, are mistakes in fidelity good or bad?

2. What chance does a parent have of giving a particular gene to a child?

3. Who does Dawkins' idea of AI expand the idea of PI to include?

4. What does Dawkins postulate would preserve a gene forever?

5. In Dawkins' example, why might an older child give up food for a younger sibling?

(see the answer key)

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