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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 The Fungus Growers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a reason Wilson gives as to how colonies manage their queen numbers?
(a) Emigration.
(b) Egg Defect.
(c) Reproductive Castration.
(d) Physical Elimination.

2. What do leafcutter ants primarily feed off?
(a) Plant matter.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Twigs.
(d) Fungus.

3. Which of the following is another name for fungus growing ants?
(a) Attini.
(b) Cubiteres.
(c) Labidus Praedator.
(d) Eciton.

4. Which of the following types of ants maintain many different nests although they only live in one at a time?
(a) Leaf cutter ants.
(b) Fire ants
(c) Weaver ants.
(d) Army ants.

5. What shape does an ant garden typically take?
(a) Rectangular.
(b) Round.
(c) Triangular.
(d) Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a theory of polygynus discussed in the novel?

2. What is the most effective way for ants to subdue their prey?

3. Which of the following is NOT a system of kin recognition listed in the novel?

4. Which of the following is NOT a factor distracting from optimal foraging within an ant colony?

5. Which of the following is the most common type of plant-ant symbiosis?

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