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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To women, attractiveness in a male signifies _____________.
(a) Good genes.
(b) Infidelity in the relationship.
(c) Excessive amounts of sperm.
(d) The ability to support her and future children.

2. Lower class individuals tend to have _________.
(a) Male babies.
(b) More babies.
(c) Female babies.
(d) Less babies.

3. What have anthropologists found to be a universal characteristic of humans across different cultures?
(a) Desire.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Hate.
(d) Depression.

4. Why are female chimps extremely promiscuous in large social groups?
(a) They enjoy sex.
(b) They want to have many father options.
(c) Males will not know which child is his, so he will protect all of them.
(d) It is part of choosing the most ideal mate.

5. What is one way of good gene replication that the author mentions?
(a) Fission.
(b) Sex.
(c) Asexual reproduction.
(d) Viruses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what story of tragedy does the author tell?

2. Men and women behave and perform certain roles in every _______ and _____.

3. Male human beings expect to have their _______ compete with the ________ of other males.

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

5. Men excrete far more sperm when they ________________.

(see the answer key)

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