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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of animals does the intruder retreat experiment by Niko Tinbergen use?
(a) Birds.
(b) Fish.
(c) Worms.
(d) Rats.

2. How does Darwin characterize the idea that the goal of evolution is for a species to survive, so individuals will take actions that are good for the species?
(a) As unscientific.
(b) As fundamental to evolution.
(c) As a reasonable alternative hypothesis.
(d) As probable.

3. What fundamental question does Dawkins want to consider?
(a) Why do people exist?
(b) Why do genes exist?
(c) Why does DNA exist?
(d) Why do molecules exist?

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

5. In Dawkins' example, why might a child try to get extra food, to the detriment of brothers and sisters?
(a) The child has no concern for its siblings' survival.
(b) The child has special needs that it must communicate to its parents.
(c) The child is more related to itself than its siblings.
(d) The child is hungrier than its siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ant behavior does Dawkins give as an example of seemingly altruistic behavior?

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

3. What does Trivers look at breeding as?

4. In Dawkins' discussion, why don't baby birds continue to scream louder and louder?

5. What did Spanish researchers see a baby swallow do?

(see the answer key)

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