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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens if a virus attacks a population of clones?
(a) The clone population will be wiped out.
(b) The clones attack one another in order to survive.
(c) The virus will kill only the weakest clones.
(d) The clone population will effectively kill the virus.

5. What is the lottery theory?
(a) Sexual reproduction allows for a smaller number of very exceptional offspring.
(b) Organisms in densely populated areas survive better.
(c) Sexual reproduction is the riskiest way for humans to reproduce.
(d) It is more advantageous for humans to asexually reproduce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can a psychiatrist expect to find in all people?

2. What is the main focus of the novel?

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

4. Although it becomes clear that sex is necessary to avoid parasites, what question remains?

5. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.

(see the answer key)

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