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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the author's opinion, what is not the primary goal of an organism?
(a) Killing one another.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Survival.
(d) Reproduction.

2. Why does this organism present a mystery to the question of reproduction?
(a) It is extinct and cannot be studied.
(b) The organism gave up sexual reproduction.
(c) It kills other organisms that participate in it.
(d) The organism decided to self replicate.

3. Organisms that reproduce sexually will pass immunity or defenses down to whom?
(a) No one.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their descendants.
(d) Their spouses.

4. What is the primary part in sexual reproduction?
(a) Outcrossing genes.
(b) Combining and outcrossing genes.
(c) Killing genes that are not yours.
(d) Combining all genes.

5. Why is the Vicar of Bray theory flawed?
(a) It was made up by someone who is not a scientist.
(b) It sees evolution as the goal of an organisim.
(c) It does not take sexual reproduction into account.
(d) It has been proven wrong over the centuries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the chief competitor to the tangled bank theory and lottery theory?

2. Through sexual reproduction, what are offspring dealt?

3. How do species outwit killer viruses?

4. What does being fast allow for a gazelle to do?

5. How does the Red Queen begin?

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