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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do males fantasize?
(a) They do not fantasize.
(b) They only think about one woman.
(c) They think of several women.
(d) They concentrate on the sexual act itself.

2. Young boys show a propensity for __________.
(a) Physical activity.
(b) Math.
(c) Verbal tasks.
(d) Being Angry.

3. To explain sex, scientists need to find ________________.
(a) A new way for humans to mate.
(b) A reason for an individual organism to prefer sexual over asexual reproduction.
(c) Why people are attracted to one another.
(d) The reason for asexual reproduction.

4. What is the tangled bank theory?
(a) Sexual reproduction allows for a smaller number of very exceptional offspring.
(b) It is more advantageous for humans to asexually produce.
(c) Sexual reproduction is the riskiest way for humans to reproduce.
(d) Different organisms in an environment saturated with similar organisms have a greater likelihood of survival.

5. What do the females of this same group prefer?
(a) Intelligent males.
(b) Well-built mounds, instead of poorly constructed mounds.
(c) Males who are attractive.
(d) Males that will take care of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. From this, what seems clear?

2. At the end of Chapter 3, what does the author say will be explored in the next chapter?

3. What happens if a virus attacks a population of clones?

4. Males are interested in increasing the _________ of sexual partners whereas women are interested in increasing the ________ of sexual partners.

5. What is the "sexy-sons" theory?

(see the answer key)

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