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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the interests of most males?
(a) Being a good father.
(b) Being faithful to one female.
(c) Impregnating as many women as possible.
(d) Taking care of their mate and offspring.

2. What are transposons?
(a) Viruses.
(b) Out law genes.
(c) Diseases.
(d) Weaker genes.

3. Are individuals involved in evolution aware of the choices they are making?
(a) Always.
(b) Ten per cent of the time.
(c) Never.
(d) Fifty per cent of the time.

4. What does the story in Chapter 5 prove for the author?
(a) How male support continues the species.
(b) Ideal mating conditions are rare.
(c) An example of sexual, rather than natural selection.
(d) Producing offspring is the goal of all mammals.

5. High status individuals tend to have __________.
(a) Male babies.
(b) No babies.
(c) Less babies.
(d) Female babies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.

3. What is the solution of the individually rational genes?

4. In the author's opinion, what is not the primary goal of an organism?

5. What is most male to male battle over in tribes?

(see the answer key)

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