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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which cultures are male babies especially prized?
(a) American.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Chinese and Indian.
(d) Indian.

2. Ever since _____________ in the late 19th century, scientists have understood that all life forms are a product of biological evolution.
(a) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Russel Wallace.
(d) Richard Dawkins.

3. Men seem to have an insatiable desire for this.
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Sex.
(d) Work.

4. Sexual reproduction is ___________ to keep the parasites and diseases off guard by creating new variations through each generation.
(a) Not an easy way.
(b) Not able.
(c) An attempt.
(d) An inefficient means.

5. How does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) With diagrams.
(b) An explanation of sexual reproduction.
(c) Information about the author.
(d) With a fictional account of a Martian visitor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Men excrete far more sperm when they ________________.

2. How does Chapter 5 begin?

3. Specifically, what did these rules mandate?

4. What is the main focus of the novel?

5. What do scientists want to discover about genetic mixing?

(see the answer key)

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