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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would molecules that started to manufacture energy using the sun eventually become?
(a) Animals.
(b) Plants.
(c) Inorganic materials.
(d) Single-celled organisms.

2. What two opposites does Dawkins say he is examining the biology of?
(a) Individuality and community.
(b) Self-centeredness and other-centeredness.
(c) Selfishness and altruism.
(d) Rationality and emotionalism.

3. What apparently selfish act of the penguin does the author describe?
(a) Hiding behind other penguins when a predator is spotted.
(b) Stealing food from a baby penguin's mouth.
(c) Shoving each other to see who will fall off a cliff.
(d) Stealing other penguins' eggs.

4. What would not have existed in early oceans, that would have allowed amino acids and proteins to exist for long periods of time, to slowly develop into more complex forms?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Acids.
(d) Electricity.

5. What process does the existence of Dawkins' imagined early molecules closely resemble?
(a) Crystalization.
(b) Diffusion.
(c) Hybridization.
(d) Evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fundamental question does Dawkins want to consider?

2. Why does the author use the word "apparently" to describe selfish or unselfish behavior?

3. What apparently selfish act of gulls does the author describe?

4. What does longevity provide to an early molecule, according to Dawkins?

5. Why does Dawkins say kind or cooperative behavior arises?

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