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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thinking that male and female brains are different is often thought to be_______.
(a) Hateful.
(b) Misguided.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Discriminatory.

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

3. What is the "good genes" theory?
(a) More attractive people make smart people.
(b) Beautiful children are evil.
(c) More attractive males will produce beautiful children.
(d) Smart people are attracted to other smart people.

4. How do species outwit killer viruses?
(a) Sexual reproduction.
(b) Splitting cells.
(c) With their brains.
(d) Asexual reproduction.

5. How does evolution work?
(a) Different adaptations of an individual which give a reproductive edge.
(b) Without competition between organisms.
(c) Very slowly, over thousands of years.
(d) Change is continuous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When it is difficult or costly for female birds to choose males, females will choose ___________.

3. Boys tend to be better at reasoning ______, whereas women excel in reasoning in terms of _______.

4. What do males want in sexual partners?

5. What did Zahavi, a scientist, theorize about reproduction mating?

(see the answer key)

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