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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the primary purpose of sexual reproduction that is very beneficial for all offspring?
(a) Speed of evolution.
(b) Meeting a soul mate.
(c) Slowness of evolution.
(d) Making many children.

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

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

5. What type of civilization do the New Guinea tribes have?
(a) Hunter gatherers.
(b) Scavengers.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Democratic governments.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do organisms compete during evolution?

2. In humans, what does evolution rely on?

3. What is the primary part in sexual reproduction?

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

5. Pre- Darwinian thinkers such as _____________ believed that evolution was a process of individual adaptations that were later passed down to ancestors.

(see the answer key)

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