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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Incest is most prevalent between___________.
(a) Fathers and daughters.
(b) Brothers and sisters.
(c) Uncles and nieces.
(d) Mothers and sons.

2. Of the following options, what do humans do best?
(a) Perform the same logical task in a non-social context.
(b) Gossip about friends and neighbors.
(c) Pick out cheaters in a social context.
(d) Pick out faithful people.

3. What kind of study does evolution become?
(a) Competition between friends.
(b) Functions of bodies and organisims as gene vehicles.
(c) A slow process.
(d) How organisms become better over generations.

4. In different times, when was marriage through cousins not appropriate?
(a) Whenever the parents did not want them to marry.
(b) When large amounts of land were involved.
(c) It was never appropriate.
(d) When the marriage was between unequal partners.

5. What are out law genes?
(a) Genes that will definitely be passed down.
(b) Genes that act like viruses and hijack chromosones.
(c) Genes which cannot be passed down.
(d) Genes that are weak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 9 begins with __________.

2. What is the continuous arms race that occurs between organisms?

3. In many tribes, __________ of the population have lost family members to murder.

4. What is the main focus of the novel?

5. Young boys show a propensity for __________.

(see the answer key)

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