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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Are there strong taboos against cousin marriage?
(a) Yes, because cousins are too close.
(b) Less harsh taboos because cousins are not raised together.
(c) Yes, but it depends on the culture.
(d) No, because cousins are not closely related.

2. What type of male do women find the most attractive?
(a) Athletic.
(b) Taller and wittier.
(c) Romantic and polygamous.
(d) Bearded.

3. Unlike other primates, humans do not publicly display their __________.
(a) Anger.
(b) Sex drives.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Hope.

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

5. How does evolution work?
(a) Very slowly, over thousands of years.
(b) Without competition between organisms.
(c) Different adaptations of an individual which give a reproductive edge.
(d) Change is continuous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 2 begin?

2. How do women prefer to live with men?

3. Does it pay to be intelligent and witty?

4. What is a powerful force that is influenced by and influences evolution?

5. According to Freud, a human's tendency is toward _________.

(see the answer key)

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