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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does sex do to the genome of humans and other organisms?
(a) Decreases randomness of the genome.
(b) Makes stronger genes.
(c) Increases randomness of the genome.
(d) Causes too much risk in the genes.

2. Why is this book called The Red Queen?
(a) The author thinks that the title is ironic.
(b) It is symbolic of higher level genetics.
(c) The landscape around the Queen moves as she moves. Evolutionary progress is relative to ones surroundings.
(d) The author has always enjoyed the character from Alice in Wonderland.

3. What type of male do women find the most attractive?
(a) Taller and wittier.
(b) Athletic.
(c) Bearded.
(d) Romantic and polygamous.

4. Why might cousins be attracted to each other?
(a) They want to preserve their bloodline.
(b) They always see each other.
(c) They miss being close to family.
(d) They are not raised together.

5. Differences hold ___________, regardless of race, ethnicity, or culture.
(a) True.
(b) All of the time.
(c) Universal.
(d) Only sometimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following options, what do humans do best?

2. Who directly advocated for polygamy in early societies?

3. High status individuals tend to have __________.

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

5. What combination do people find mostly attractive?

(see the answer key)

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