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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?
(a) The rule of nature.
(b) A common practice in primates.
(c) Rare in nature.
(d) Common in vertebrates.

2. Parents have to strike a balance between boundaries and what, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?
(a) Blowouts.
(b) Bondage.
(c) Browbeating.
(d) Blinding themselves to behavior.

3. What resulted from the need to hunt, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The need to eliminate competitors for game.
(b) The need to communicate.
(c) The need to walk upright.
(d) The need to wage war.

4. Where did Barbara Kingsolver's creature live?
(a) A terrarium.
(b) A shoebox.
(c) A birdcage.
(d) An aquarium.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say Wilson ignores?
(a) Genetic influences.
(b) Environmental influences on behavior.
(c) Modern social forces.
(d) Natural forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara Kingsolver find on the Eagle Tail Trail?

2. Why were Barbara Kingsolver's friends jealous of her book tour?

3. Under what conditions will the pupfish be monogamous, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

4. Why does Barbara Kingsolver cringe when the evangelists urge women to take up housework?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system would not have prepared her for?

(see the answer key)

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