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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do species outwit killer viruses?
(a) Splitting cells.
(b) Asexual reproduction.
(c) With their brains.
(d) Sexual reproduction.

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

3. Who developed the Red Queen theory?
(a) Graham Bell.
(b) Leigh Van Valen.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Richard Dawkins.

4. What does sex do to the genome of humans and other organisms?
(a) Increases randomness of the genome.
(b) Decreases randomness of the genome.
(c) Makes stronger genes.
(d) Causes too much risk in the genes.

5. In an attempt to "outwit" these killers, organisms engage in _____________.
(a) Camouflage.
(b) Asexual reproduction.
(c) Fission.
(d) Sexual reproduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is this book called The Red Queen?

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

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

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

5. What kind of study does evolution become?

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