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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 do organisms that reproduce end up with for offspring?

2. In which cultures are male babies especially prized?

3. Ever since _____________ in the late 19th century, scientists have understood that all life forms are a product of biological evolution.

4. What does the story in Chapter 5 prove for the author?

5. What is the continuous arms race that occurs between organisms?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who developed the Red Queen Theory?

2. Why are out law genes interesting?

3. From a biologist's point of view, why is sexual reproduction not as successful as asexual?

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

5. Why are hermaphrodites unstable?

6. Why do males want to be with many females?

7. What does sexual reproduction mostly consist of?

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

9. Why do genes exist in the first place?

10. When is it even more important for a female to find a good mate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How did Charles Darwin's findings change the science world as we know it? Please consider the following:

- When did Charles Darwin publicize his theories on evolution?

- What did pre-Darwinian audiences think about evolution?

- Were Darwin's ideas readily accepted at first?

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