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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are out law genes?
(a) Genes that will definitely be passed down.
(b) Genes that act like viruses and hijack chromosones.
(c) Genes that are weak.
(d) Genes which cannot be passed down.

3. What is the continuous arms race that occurs between organisms?
(a) No one can catch up.
(b) World War II.
(c) People will try to kill one another so that their genes may carry on.
(d) Once an advantage is gained, the loser will adapt to negate the advantage.

4. Who has solutions concerning genetics?
(a) Geneticists.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Molecular biologists and geneticists.
(d) Doctors and scientists.

5. According to the author and other research, who should have a better evolutionary outcome?
(a) Asexual and Sexual Reproduction.
(b) Same-sex Reproduction.
(c) Asexual reproduction.
(d) Sexual Reproduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which cultures are male babies especially prized?

2. What is the chief competitor to the tangled bank theory and lottery theory?

3. What is the "good genes" theory?

4. What does being fast allow for a gazelle to do?

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

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