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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is sexual selection?
(a) Selection based on the appeal of a potential mate.
(b) Random mating between humans.
(c) Selection based on the strength of a mate.
(d) Irrational mating between humans.

2. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.
(a) Only humans, not other organisms.
(b) Everyone.
(c) No one.
(d) One member of the same organism versus another member of that same organisim.

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

4. Are sexually reproducing organisms able to compete with asexually reproducing organisms?
(a) Yes, always.
(b) Only when they are genetically engineered.
(c) No, never.
(d) Occasionally.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In humans, what does evolution rely on?

2. Why is the Vicar of Bray theory flawed?

3. What do organisms that reproduce end up with for offspring?

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

5. From a biologist's point of view, sexual reproduction is more _________ than asexual reproduction.

(see the answer key)

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