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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, what does the author say will be explored in the next chapter?
(a) More ways that evolution can work against organisims.
(b) Why babies are hard to keep alive.
(c) How babies are made.
(d) Why there are men and women.

2. Young boys show a propensity for __________.
(a) Verbal tasks.
(b) Math.
(c) Being Angry.
(d) Physical activity.

3. What causes a man's brain to change in the womb?
(a) A dose of testosterone.
(b) A dose of progesterone.
(c) Estrogen.
(d) Endocrine.

4. Is attractiveness always the only criteria for mate selection?
(a) Yes, females don't like ugly people.
(b) Yes, females are shallow.
(c) No, only when selection is plentiful.
(d) No, females like important mates.

5. In an attempt to "outwit" these killers, organisms engage in _____________.
(a) Camouflage.
(b) Sexual reproduction.
(c) Fission.
(d) Asexual reproduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens if a virus attacks a population of clones?

2. Who developed the Red Queen theory?

3. Why do women need men?

4. Why does this organism present a mystery to the question of reproduction?

5. What is most male to male battle over in tribes?

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