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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Alone in a Crowded Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the most instructive avenues of investigation in human sexual attraction involve?
(a) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from large groups of non-mated humans.
(b) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from large groups of mated humans.
(c) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from small groups of non-mated humans.
(d) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from small groups of mated humans.

2. If a woman continued to deliver children as frequently as possible until death, what would happen to her?
(a) Her death would nearly positively result from childbirth.
(b) She would do nothing but reproduce.
(c) She would be pregnant almost constantly for many decades.
(d) She would have a difficult time raising her children.

3. Is the first criterion uniquely human?
(a) Maybe.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) In some cases.

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

5. The author then considers the nearly uniquely human feature of female estrus?
(a) It is non-existent.
(b) It is very visible.
(c) It is useless.
(d) It is hidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Green Bank formula?

2. To what is the pair bonding found among humans probably due?

3. What do the Green Bank estimates indicate?

4. What traits are extremely highly important to sexual attractiveness?

5. The human penis is largely used for what?

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