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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Horses, Hittites, and History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author conclude about agriculture?
(a) It is the superior form of providing food.
(b) It is the inferior form of providing food.
(c) It is a mixed blessing practiced by humans.
(d) It is essential to human survival.

2. What do these creatures grow?
(a) Fungus gardens.
(b) Flowers and herbs.
(c) Grass.
(d) Weeds.

3. One of the most intriguing results of this analysis is the observation of ___________________________.
(a) Coronation coefficients.
(b) Coronation components.
(c) Correlation components.
(d) Correlation coefficients.

4. How selective are humans across an array of traits?
(a) Highly.
(b) Minimally.
(c) Slightly.
(d) Not at all.

5. What do paleopathology investigations demonstrate conclusively?
(a) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was inferior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(b) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was similar in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(c) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was superior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(d) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was the same in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"

2. What does one of the most instructive avenues of investigation in human sexual attraction involve?

3. What other creatures practice a form of agriculture?

4. What physical traits tend to be significant for an individual's attraction to someone else?

5. Is agriculture the golden solution for human survival?

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