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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is sexual selection?
(a) Selection based on the strength of a mate.
(b) Selection based on the appeal of a potential mate.
(c) Irrational mating between humans.
(d) Random mating between humans.

2. What was the 16th century cleric known for besides his scientific theories?
(a) His sermons.
(b) Killing Catholics.
(c) Switching between Catholic and Protestant religions.
(d) Being a survivor of Protestant ridicule.

3. What does sex do to the genome of humans and other organisms?
(a) Increases randomness of the genome.
(b) Makes stronger genes.
(c) Causes too much risk in the genes.
(d) Decreases randomness of the genome.

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

5. What is the Vicar of Bray hypothesis?
(a) Sexual reproduction provides rapid speed of evolution.
(b) Sexual reproduction should not exist.
(c) Same-sex reproduction must be understood to understand sexual reproduction.
(d) Asexual reproduction provides rapid speed of evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do organisms compete during evolution?

2. Ever since _____________ in the late 19th century, scientists have understood that all life forms are a product of biological evolution.

3. In 1970, __________ argued that the individual is merely a container for genes.

4. Are sexually reproducing organisms able to compete with asexually reproducing organisms?

5. How does the Red Queen begin?

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