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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can a psychiatrist expect to find in all people?
(a) Extreme emotions and rational behaviors.
(b) Similar emotions and behaviors.
(c) Psychopathic behavior.
(d) No similarities in emotions.

2. What is the bdelloid rotifer?
(a) A type of animal that produces asexually.
(b) A microscopic animal that can live in any kind of water.
(c) A genetically engineered organism.
(d) An organism that lacks certain genes.

3. In 1970, __________ argued that the individual is merely a container for genes.
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Russel Wallace.
(c) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(d) Richard Dawkins.

4. What do scientists want to discover about genetic mixing?
(a) Why genetic mixing is better than cloning oneself.
(b) Why cloning is more successful than genetic mixing.
(c) How to make genetic mixing more reliable.
(d) How to make genetic mixing affordable.

5. Through sexual reproduction, what are offspring dealt?
(a) Weak genes.
(b) Genes too similar to their parents.
(c) Weak and strong genes.
(d) A different bag of genes from their parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do species outwit killer viruses?

2. Why does this organism present a mystery to the question of reproduction?

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

4. Instead of scientists concentrating on why humans are the way they are, they should concentrate on _________.

5. What was the 16th century cleric known for besides his scientific theories?

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