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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do women tend to have affairs?
(a) When their mate is unfaithful.
(b) When they are sad.
(c) When they are the most fertile.
(d) When their mate is gone for a long time.

2. In most species, what do many females mostly prefer in males?
(a) External factors, like male attractiveness.
(b) A male that promises to stay around.
(c) Money.
(d) The ability to keep her safe.

3. In many tribes, __________ of the population have lost family members to murder.
(a) Three fourths.
(b) One third.
(c) One half.
(d) Two thirds.

4. Men excrete far more sperm when they ________________.
(a) Have been threatened by another male's attractiveness.
(b) Suspect unfaithfullness in their wives or the wives have been gone for a while.
(c) Think their wives have been unfaithful.
(d) Their wives have been absent for a long time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike other primates, humans do not publicly display their __________.

2. Why is asexual reproduction a less risky option for an organism?

3. What is the lottery theory?

4. Females are ______ more likely to have the right kind of orgasm and to become impregnated when unfaithful.

5. What does the story in Chapter 5 prove for the author?

(see the answer key)

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