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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If there are too many males, it will eventually be better to be a ____________.
(a) Male.
(b) Hermaphrodite.
(c) Female.
(d) Female or male.

2. How did males evolve?
(a) Alone.
(b) Waiting for females.
(c) Simultaneously with females.
(d) With much difficulty.

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

4. Who cannot compete with males?
(a) Other males.
(b) Females.
(c) Masculine females.
(d) Hermaphrodites.

5. In which cultures are male babies especially prized?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Indian.
(c) American.
(d) Chinese and Indian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary part in sexual reproduction?

2. Sexual reproduction is ___________ to keep the parasites and diseases off guard by creating new variations through each generation.

3. What are the interests of most males?

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

5. Most modern societies are _________.

(see the answer key)

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