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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of study does evolution become?
(a) Competition between friends.
(b) A slow process.
(c) How organisms become better over generations.
(d) Functions of bodies and organisims as gene vehicles.

2. What does being fast allow for a gazelle to do?
(a) The fast gazelle survives and reproduces, thus spreading its genes.
(b) The gazelle is never caught and it throws off the balance of the environment.
(c) It is able to always kill its prey.
(d) The gazelle gets caught.

3. In humans, what does evolution rely on?
(a) Sexual Reproduction.
(b) Fission.
(c) Sexual and asexual reproduction.
(d) Asexual reproduction.

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

5. 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 story of Martians.
(d) With a discussion of human nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do organisms compete during evolution?

2. What have scientists discovered about sexual reproduction versus asexual reproduction?

3. What is the main focus of the novel?

4. Who has solutions concerning genetics?

5. What is the bdelloid rotifer?

(see the answer key)

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