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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do male primates do to their female's children who are not also their children?
(a) Ignore the children who are not their own.
(b) Kill the female for having children from another mate.
(c) Kill the children that are not their own.
(d) Take care of all the children.

2. Homosexual men tend to be like __________ men and lesbians tend to be more like _______ women.
(a) Homosexual; heterosexual.
(b) Heterosexual; heterosexual.
(c) Homosexual; Homosexual.
(d) Heterosexual; homosexual.

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

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

5. When it is difficult or costly for female birds to choose males, females will choose ___________.
(a) Based on having the most food.
(b) The male with the nicest wing span.
(c) Based on ornamentation.
(d) The prettiest beak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of success does evolution care about?

2. Differences hold ___________, regardless of race, ethnicity, or culture.

3. Are there strong taboos against cousin marriage?

4. What are the interests of most males?

5. Unlike other primates, humans do not publicly display their __________.

(see the answer key)

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