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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dawkins say individuals within a species interact more with each other than with other species?
(a) Because they are more easily recognizable to each other since they are similar.
(b) Because they inhabit the same habitat.
(c) Because they compete for the same resources using the same tools.
(d) Because they need each other to survive.

2. How common are genes that cause altruistic behaviors in nature?
(a) They are extremely rare.
(b) They are pretty common.
(c) They are nonexistent.
(d) They are vast majority of genes.

3. What does Dawkins say that evolution is about?
(a) The good of a species.
(b) The good of an individual person.
(c) The good of an individual gene.
(d) The good of a particular DNA combination.

4. According to Dawkins, is there a genetic reason to favor one child over others?
(a) No, there are no genetic or other reasons to favor one child.
(b) Yes, but these genetic reasons are unusual.
(c) Yes, different children have different genetic relatedness to parents.
(d) No, but there are circumstantial reasons.

5. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, what represents a gene?
(a) A line on a page in a book.
(b) A page in a book.
(c) A word in a book.
(d) A chapter in a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dawkins postulate maintains sexual reproduction as a feature?

2. What happens in inversion?

3. What apparently unselfish act of a bee does the author describe?

4. What two opposites does Dawkins say he is examining the biology of?

5. What does Wynne-Edwards say happens when other animals communicate to the species that there is overpopulation?

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