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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How closely related are two sister bees?
(a) One half.
(b) One quarter.
(c) Three quarters.
(d) One.

2. What chance does a parent have of giving a particular gene to a child?
(a) A fifty percent chance.
(b) A thirty percent chance.
(c) A forty percent chance.
(d) A sixty percent chance.

3. How does Dawkins define communication?
(a) A mutually learned behavior resulting from genetic behaviors that help groups of gene machines maintain cohesiveness.
(b) A gene behavior that allows cooperation between multiple gene machines.
(c) A learned behavior that is founded in genetic behaviors linking multiple gene machines.
(d) A gene behavior that helps one group of genes survive by influencing the behavior of another.

4. Who does Dawkins' idea of AI expand the idea of PI to include?
(a) All children in a family unit.
(b) All adults in a species.
(c) All adult caregivers.
(d) All related adults and children.

5. In Dawkins' examine of ESS simulations, what two kinds of creatures are there?
(a) Ones that always cooperate, and ones that always fight.
(b) Ones that always run away, and ones that attack in stealth.
(c) Ones that always fight, and ones that always back down.
(d) Ones that always win, and ones that always lose.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Dawkins' game theory analysis of a colony of birds and ticks, what were grudger birds?

3. According to Dawkins, is there a genetic reason to favor one child over others?

4. Does the author believe that genetically inherited traits cannot be changed?

5. What apparently selfish act of the praying mantis does the author describe?

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