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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the interests of most males?
(a) Taking care of their mate and offspring.
(b) Being faithful to one female.
(c) Impregnating as many women as possible.
(d) Being a good father.

2. In an attempt to "outwit" these killers, organisms engage in _____________.
(a) Sexual reproduction.
(b) Asexual reproduction.
(c) Camouflage.
(d) Fission.

3. What accounts for far more deaths than other predators or environmental occurrences?
(a) Death and destruction.
(b) Parasites and diseases.
(c) Killing ones own organisms.
(d) Accidents.

4. What causes a man's brain to change in the womb?
(a) Estrogen.
(b) A dose of testosterone.
(c) A dose of progesterone.
(d) Endocrine.

5. Boys tend to be better at reasoning ______, whereas women excel in reasoning in terms of _______.
(a) Particulars; the abstract.
(b) Abstractly; particulars.
(c) Abstractly; generalities.
(d) Generalities; particulars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Are individuals involved in evolution aware of the choices they are making?

2. Men and women behave and perform certain roles in every _______ and _____.

3. How do males fantasize?

4. How does Chapter 5 begin?

5. Why does this organism present a mystery to the question of reproduction?

(see the answer key)

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