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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Queen Numbers and Domination.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in during pleometriosis?
(a) Multiple queens start a colony together.
(b) Multiple queens battle for power within a colony.
(c) Multiple queens work together to physically eliminate a powerful queen.
(d) Multiple queens from one colony start multiple nests that do not relate.

2. Which of the following is NOT a system of kin recognition listed in the novel?
(a) Sensual Recognition.
(b) Allelic Recognition.
(c) Recognition by Association.
(d) Spatial Distribution.

3. Which of the following physical attributes signifies a queen within a swarm of ants?
(a) Size.
(b) Coloration.
(c) Odor.
(d) Wings.

4. Which of the following is NOT a segment in an ant's body?
(a) The gaster.
(b) The alitrunk.
(c) The petiole.
(d) The kampf.

5. How many life cycle stages do all ant colonies go through?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what continent is there a species of ants that can explode their abdomens in a suicidal attempt to entrap their predators?

2. Which of the following is NOT a genus of ant that participates in polygyny?

3. Which of the following is NOT an insect phenomenon documented in the opening of this novel?

4. What is the scientific name for the first generation of workers?

5. Which of the following scientists pointed out that colonies of social insects tend to be more harmonious when the members are all closely related?

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