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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From a biologist's point of view, sexual reproduction is more _________ than asexual reproduction.
(a) Risky.
(b) Unnecessary
(c) Annoying.
(d) Expensive.

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

3. How does the Red Queen begin?
(a) With a discussion of human nature.
(b) With a discussion about the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland.
(c) With a story of Martians.
(d) With a discussion of asexual organisms.

4. How does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) With diagrams.
(b) An explanation of sexual reproduction.
(c) Information about the author.
(d) With a fictional account of a Martian visitor.

5. What is the primary part in sexual reproduction?
(a) Combining all genes.
(b) Outcrossing genes.
(c) Killing genes that are not yours.
(d) Combining and outcrossing genes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does being fast allow for a gazelle to do?

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

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

4. What have scientists discovered about sexual reproduction versus asexual reproduction?

5. What do scientists want to discover about genetic mixing?

(see the answer key)

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