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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens if a virus attacks a population of clones?
(a) The clones attack one another in order to survive.
(b) The clone population will effectively kill the virus.
(c) The virus will kill only the weakest clones.
(d) The clone population will be wiped out.

2. What does being fast allow for a gazelle to do?
(a) The fast gazelle survives and reproduces, thus spreading its genes.
(b) The gazelle is never caught and it throws off the balance of the environment.
(c) The gazelle gets caught.
(d) It is able to always kill its prey.

3. What will happen to create more female babies in Chinese and Indian societies?
(a) Virgin births will happen to adjust and make more female babies.
(b) There will be less births overall.
(c) More boys will be born, because it is what people want.
(d) There will be more births overall.

4. How do species outwit killer viruses?
(a) Asexual reproduction.
(b) Splitting cells.
(c) With their brains.
(d) Sexual reproduction.

5. In 1970, __________ argued that the individual is merely a container for genes.
(a) Richard Dawkins.
(b) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Russel Wallace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Male and female brains are different because of __________.

2. Is attractiveness always the only criteria for mate selection?

3. Who developed the Red Queen theory?

4. Who directly advocated for polygamy in early societies?

5. How do women prefer to live with men?

(see the answer key)

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