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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Sexual Selection, and the Origin of Human Races.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Several scientifically rigorous genetic investigations of large populations conclusively demonstrate that roughly ______ percent of human children are not the genetic children of the male parent whom assumes genetic relatedness.
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

2. Why must women be highly selective in extra-marital sexual partners?
(a) They are supported by society.
(b) To avoid compromise or disclosure.
(c) To avoid becoming emotionally attached.
(d) They risk contracting diseases.

3. Why is human sexuality an unusually developed trait for primates?
(a) Humans are monogamous.
(b) It is very connected to reproduction.
(c) It is largely divorced from reproduction.
(d) Most primates rarely engage in sexual acts.

4. Ideals of beauty vary ___________________ from culture to culture.
(a) Somewhat.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Slightly.
(d) Enormously.

5. What primates are monogamous and solitary?
(a) Chimpanzees.
(b) Apes.
(c) Gorillas.
(d) Gibbons.

Short Answer Questions

1. About 200,000 years ago, H. sapiens appears to have diverged into two distinct lineages usually known as what?

2. The disparate goals in sexuality between sexes have been extensively investigated where?

3. What is the size ratio between a male and female in monogamous species?

4. What does Chapter 5 begin by examining?

5. What did Neanderthals apparently master?

(see the answer key)

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