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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To understand human nature, what must we understand?
(a) Differences in humans.
(b) The origin of emotions.
(c) The origin of attraction between humans.
(d) The origin of human nature.

2. How do organisms compete during evolution?
(a) They try to kill one another so that they might live.
(b) They compete with each other to pass down more genes to the next generation.
(c) They kill their prey to ensure their survivors.
(d) They kill their prey and one another to be the last person standing.

3. According to the author, what is a female version of pornography?
(a) Female pornography.
(b) Telling stories about their sexual lives.
(c) Romance novels.
(d) Shopping.

4. How does evolution work?
(a) Different adaptations of an individual which give a reproductive edge.
(b) Very slowly, over thousands of years.
(c) Without competition between organisms.
(d) Change is continuous.

5. Why is this book called The Red Queen?
(a) The author has always enjoyed the character from Alice in Wonderland.
(b) The landscape around the Queen moves as she moves. Evolutionary progress is relative to ones surroundings.
(c) The author thinks that the title is ironic.
(d) It is symbolic of higher level genetics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although it becomes clear that sex is necessary to avoid parasites, what question remains?

2. What causes a man's brain to change in the womb?

3. From this, what seems clear?

4. Why does the male pine mole visit many different tunnels?

5. What was the 16th century cleric known for besides his scientific theories?

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