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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1970, __________ argued that the individual is merely a container for genes.
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Richard Dawkins.
(c) Russel Wallace.
(d) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

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

3. Due to the ________________, traits that increase reproductive successes will spread and those that do not will expire.
(a) High pregnancy rate.
(b) Evolutionary arms race.
(c) Slow genetics of men.
(d) Low pregnancy rate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main focus of the novel?

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

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

4. What kind of study does evolution become?

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

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