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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the author's opinion, what is not the primary goal of an organism?
(a) Killing one another.
(b) Survival.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Reproduction.

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

3. What happens if a virus attacks a population of clones?
(a) The clone population will effectively kill the virus.
(b) The clones attack one another in order to survive.
(c) The clone population will be wiped out.
(d) The virus will kill only the weakest clones.

4. Who developed the Red Queen theory?
(a) Richard Dawkins.
(b) Leigh Van Valen.
(c) Graham Bell.
(d) Charles Darwin.

5. Ever since _____________ in the late 19th century, scientists have understood that all life forms are a product of biological evolution.
(a) Russel Wallace.
(b) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(c) Richard Dawkins.
(d) Charles Darwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.

2. What does sex do to the genome of humans and other organisms?

3. What is the tangled bank theory?

4. What is the continuous arms race that occurs between organisms?

5. How does the Red Queen begin?

(see the answer key)

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