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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did scientists do to test the genes that controlled bee behavior?
(a) Breed bees with duplicates of one of the genes.
(b) Breed bees without either gene.
(c) Breed bees with duplicates of both genes.
(d) Breed bees with one of the genes only.

2. What shape does the author say water molecules in space make?
(a) Octagonal.
(b) Elliptical.
(c) Round.
(d) Spiral.

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

4. What would molecules that grouped and built protective walls around themselves become?
(a) Animals.
(b) Inorganic materials.
(c) Single-celled organisms.
(d) Plants.

5. What almost always happens when copies of things are made, according to Dawkins?
(a) Confusion between copies and originals.
(b) Mistakes in the copies.
(c) An overabundance of copies.
(d) Conflict between the copies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What four categories does Dawkins have in his game theory analysis of male and female sexual and childrearing behaviors?

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

3. According to the relatedness calculations in the book, is a child more closely related to a sibling or an uncle?

4. According to Dawkins, for whom does a bird regulate the number of eggs it lays?

5. Does Dawkins believe people want to view parental care as different from other evolutionary behaviors?

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