1. What is the primary purpose of sexual reproduction that is very beneficial for all offspring?
(a) Meeting a soul mate.
(b) Slowness of evolution.
(c) Speed of evolution.
(d) Making many children.

2. Who created the tangled bank theory?
(a) Graham Bell.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Richard Dawkins.
(d) Leigh Van Valen.

3. Due to the ________________, traits that increase reproductive successes will spread and those that do not will expire.
(a) Low pregnancy rate.
(b) Evolutionary arms race.
(c) Slow genetics of men.
(d) High pregnancy rate.

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

5. What gender contains all cytoplasmic genes?
(a) Females.
(b) Hermaphrodites.
(c) Males and Females.
(d) Males.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pre- Darwinian thinkers such as _____________ believed that evolution was a process of individual adaptations that were later passed down to ancestors.

2. What was the 16th century cleric known for besides his scientific theories?

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

4. Why is this book called The Red Queen?

5. Sexual reproduction is ___________ to keep the parasites and diseases off guard by creating new variations through each generation.

(see the answer key)

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