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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.
(a) One member of the same organism versus another member of that same organisim.
(b) Only humans, not other organisms.
(c) No one.
(d) Everyone.

2. What do organisms that reproduce end up with for offspring?
(a) Non functional offspring.
(b) Clones.
(c) Smart offspring.
(d) Completely different offspring.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To understand human nature, what must we understand?

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

3. What can a psychiatrist expect to find in all people?

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

5. What do genes seek through the actions of the bodies that contain them?

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