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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a caste within ant colonies?
(a) Queens.
(b) Sterile females.
(c) Males.
(d) Larvae.

2. Which of the following is NOT a category of ant communication?
(a) Attack.
(b) Grooming.
(c) Recruitment.
(d) Recognition.

3. Which of the following is NOT a theory associated with sociobiology?
(a) Colony Odor.
(b) Offspring Consent.
(c) Parental Manipulation.
(d) Kin Selection.

4. Which of the following groups within an ant colony produces the strongest identification odor?
(a) Larvae ants.
(b) Sexually mature ants.
(c) Queen ants.
(d) Worker ants.

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

6. What percentage of ant colonies are lost due to ground-feeding birds?
(a) 60 percent.
(b) 80 percent.
(c) 40 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

7. For which of the following activities is communication most important within an ant colony?
(a) Protection.
(b) Reproduction.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Entertainment.

8. How long does it take a foreign ant to produce a new colony odor?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 40 days.

9. Which of the following is NOT a theory of polygynus discussed in the novel?
(a) Twin Birth.
(b) Pleometriosis.
(c) Queen Adoption.
(d) Colony Fusion.

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

11. How old is the oldest ant fossil found to date?
(a) 800 million years old.
(b) 18 million years old.
(c) 80 million years old.
(d) 8 million years old.

12. Which of the following is NOT a group of insects?
(a) Diptera.
(b) Philliotera.
(c) Coleoptera.
(d) Hymenoptera.

13. Which of the following is NOT an insect phenomenon documented in the opening of this novel?
(a) The effects of competition on community structure.
(b) The hierarchy in control processes.
(c) The shaping of castes through natural selection.
(d) The social effects of monarchical rule.

14. What are gamergates?
(a) All young female ants.
(b) Female larvae.
(c) Fertile female ants.
(d) Sterile female ants.

15. Which of the following is NOT a way ant species deal with their dead?
(a) Cannibaling the dead.
(b) Discarding the dead.
(c) Abandoning the dead.
(d) Burying the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following procedures is NOT altered when an individual undergoes sociogenesis?

2. Which of the following ant hormones is found in many vegetable oils?

3. Which of the following is NOT a category that authors Holldobler and Wilson claim to be extremely complex in ant colonies?

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason Wilson gives as to how colonies manage their queen numbers?

5. Which of the following terms expresses the ideal of group production with the disregard of individual needs?

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