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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "good genes" theory?
(a) More attractive people make smart people.
(b) Smart people are attracted to other smart people.
(c) More attractive males will produce beautiful children.
(d) Beautiful children are evil.

2. What does the story in Chapter 5 prove for the author?
(a) Ideal mating conditions are rare.
(b) An example of sexual, rather than natural selection.
(c) How male support continues the species.
(d) Producing offspring is the goal of all mammals.

3. What do organisms that reproduce end up with for offspring?
(a) Clones.
(b) Non functional offspring.
(c) Smart offspring.
(d) Completely different offspring.

4. What is the main focus of the novel?
(a) To understand the advances in same-sex reproduction.
(b) To compare sexual and asexual reproduction.
(c) To study asexual reproduction.
(d) Parts of human nature are products of sexual selection.

5. What is the Vicar of Bray hypothesis?
(a) Asexual reproduction provides rapid speed of evolution.
(b) Sexual reproduction should not exist.
(c) Same-sex reproduction must be understood to understand sexual reproduction.
(d) Sexual reproduction provides rapid speed of evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the continuous arms race that occurs between organisms?

2. When it is difficult or costly for female birds to choose males, females will choose ___________.

3. Are sexually reproducing organisms able to compete with asexually reproducing organisms?

4. What genders are not always needed?

5. To women, attractiveness in a male signifies _____________.

(see the answer key)

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