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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen to create more female babies in Chinese and Indian societies?

2. Of course, both males and females have a (an) ________ to deceive the other sex to promote their own attractiveness.

3. Sexual reproduction is ___________ to keep the parasites and diseases off guard by creating new variations through each generation.

4. To women, attractiveness in a male signifies _____________.

5. What gender contains all cytoplasmic genes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about the creator of the Vicar of Bray creator?

2. What does the sexy sons theory say?

3. What would lead a woman to pick a man based on looks?

4. Why is the history of evolution a never ending arms race?

5. What is a bdelloid rotifer?

6. What does sexual reproduction mostly consist of?

7. How does the book begin and why is it important?

8. What secondary quality do men look for in women?

9. Why is there a ratio of 1:1 in males and females?

10. How would a pre-Darwin think explain why giraffes have long necks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why has sexual intercourse become a private matter among many humans? Is this a societal constraint that we have imposed on ourselves? Or, is it something that was biologically programmed into us? How does this aspect make us different from other species?

Essay Topic 2

Who developed the Red Queen Theory and what does the theory say? How does the Red Queen Theory assert itself throughout the history of animals? Give an example of how the Red Queen Theory works.

Essay Topic 3

As cheaters get caught, what happens to their ability to cheat? How does the Red Queen Theory say that cheaters will react to improved cheating detectors? Do you agree?

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