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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the continuous arms race that occurs between organisms?
(a) World War II.
(b) People will try to kill one another so that their genes may carry on.
(c) Once an advantage is gained, the loser will adapt to negate the advantage.
(d) No one can catch up.

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

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

4. What do genes seek through the actions of the bodies that contain them?
(a) Replication.
(b) To be upgraded.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Change.

5. The author believes that biological evolution and our environments _____________.
(a) Cannot possibly ever work together.
(b) Are in constant competition.
(c) Are not compareable.
(d) Work together to change us.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does sex do to the genome of humans and other organisms?

2. What is negative about having many females?

3. Men seem to have an insatiable desire for this.

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

5. How does the Red Queen begin?

(see the answer key)

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