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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) With diagrams.
(b) An explanation of sexual reproduction.
(c) Information about the author.
(d) With a fictional account of a Martian visitor.

2. What do the females of this same group prefer?
(a) Males that will take care of them.
(b) Intelligent males.
(c) Well-built mounds, instead of poorly constructed mounds.
(d) Males who are attractive.

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

4. When is maleness a reproductive advantage?
(a) In homosexual relationships.
(b) In monogamous relationships.
(c) In polygamous groups, such as monkeys.
(d) All the time, no matter what the relationship.

5. What do males want in sexual partners?
(a) A very young female.
(b) A good mother.
(c) An attractive female.
(d) A spontaneous female.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Red Queen begin?

2. Why is the Vicar of Bray theory flawed?

3. What is the lottery theory?

4. What is the main focus of the novel?

5. What is sexual selection?

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