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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most effective way for ants to subdue their prey?
(a) Strong mandibles.
(b) Pinning with antennae.
(c) Poisonous stingers.
(d) Wrestling with legs.

2. What does a "true ectoparasite" feed off?
(a) Soil.
(b) Larvae.
(c) Blood.
(d) Excrement.

3. Which of the following scientists was NOT involved in the study of hierarchical competition?
(a) Loeschcke.
(b) Marikovsky.
(c) Yasuno.
(d) Kazcmarek.

4. Which of the following scientists told the amusing anecdote about ants that stripped a garden overnight?
(a) Cherrett.
(b) Belt.
(c) von Hagen.
(d) Holldobler.

5. How long can ants be stored in alcohol?
(a) Indefinitely.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two days.

6. Which of the following is not a myrmecophile noted in the text?
(a) Flies.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Locusts.

7. During what season of the year do harvester ants struggle with "triple crunch"?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

8. Which of the following is NOT a type of symbiosis found in ant species?
(a) Dulosis.
(b) Xenobiosis.
(c) Parabiosis.
(d) Viralbiosis.

9. During what season of the year are Solenopsis flies absent from most ecosystems?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

10. Which of the following scientists solely studied the way harvester ants affected cross-pollination in 1986?
(a) Wilde.
(b) Rissing.
(c) Huber.
(d) Gould.

11. How many foraging periods to harvester ants typically participate in each day?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

12. How do major workers in a weaver ant nest treat minor workers?
(a) The major workers fear the minor worker.
(b) The major workers ignore the minor workers.
(c) The major and minor workers are in constant competition.
(d) The major and minor workers work communally.

13. How many species of ants were represented in the ant mosaic of Queensland, Australia?
(a) 4.
(b) 34.
(c) 14.
(d) 24.

14. In what part of the ant's anatomy are the unicellular glands?
(a) The abdomen.
(b) The thorax.
(c) The antennae.
(d) The head.

15. What does the term "army ant" relate to?
(a) Food location.
(b) Nesting.
(c) Defensive movement.
(d) Reproduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Wilson heading when he was desperately trying to get a hold of Le Pouce to perform a specialized predator field study?

2. How many varieties of ant-plant symbiosis are categorized in this chapter?

3. What are bead glands also known as?

4. Where does "the ultimate parasite" Teleutomyrmex schneideri live?

5. In the Ivory Coast, what insect species were the blind ants eating, 20 centimeters below the soil?

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