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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) Everyone.
(c) Only humans, not other organisms.
(d) No one.

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

3. Why is this book called The Red Queen?
(a) The landscape around the Queen moves as she moves. Evolutionary progress is relative to ones surroundings.
(b) The author has always enjoyed the character from Alice in Wonderland.
(c) The author thinks that the title is ironic.
(d) It is symbolic of higher level genetics.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In humans, what does evolution rely on?

4. What is the only way to understand why evolution is the way it is?

5. What type of civilization do the New Guinea tribes have?

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