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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has solutions concerning genetics?
(a) Geneticists.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Doctors and scientists.
(d) Molecular biologists and geneticists.

2. What do genes seek through the actions of the bodies that contain them?
(a) Change.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Replication.
(d) To be upgraded.

3. To understand human nature, what must we understand?
(a) Differences in humans.
(b) The origin of emotions.
(c) The origin of human nature.
(d) The origin of attraction between humans.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 2 begin?

2. What is the main focus of the novel?

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

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

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

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