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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do scientists want to discover about genetic mixing?
(a) How to make genetic mixing affordable.
(b) Why cloning is more successful than genetic mixing.
(c) Why genetic mixing is better than cloning oneself.
(d) How to make genetic mixing more reliable.

2. How do organisms compete during evolution?
(a) They try to kill one another so that they might live.
(b) They kill their prey and one another to be the last person standing.
(c) They kill their prey to ensure their survivors.
(d) They compete with each other to pass down more genes to the next generation.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to the ________________, traits that increase reproductive successes will spread and those that do not will expire.

2. What is the main focus of the novel?

3. In the author's opinion, what is not the primary goal of an organism?

4. Who created the tangled bank theory?

5. Why is asexual reproduction a less risky option for an organism?

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