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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have anthropologists found to be a universal characteristic of humans across different cultures?
(a) Depression.
(b) Hate.
(c) Desire.
(d) Jealousy.

2. The author believes that biological evolution and our environments _____________.
(a) Are not compareable.
(b) Are in constant competition.
(c) Cannot possibly ever work together.
(d) Work together to change us.

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

4. Men and women behave and perform certain roles in every _______ and _____.
(a) Society; culture.
(b) Culture; society.
(c) Culture; country.
(d) Country; culture.

5. Our ideas of attractiveness and our sexual inclinations seem to be _________.
(a) Errors in judgement.
(b) Proven wrong by biology.
(c) Widespread and designed by evolution.
(d) Accidental.

6. What combination do people find mostly attractive?
(a) Youth.
(b) Youth, fertility, and facial symmetry.
(c) Facial symmetry.
(d) Fertility.

7. Does it pay to be intelligent and witty?
(a) Yes, but only if you have money, too.
(b) Yes, but only if you have a formal education.
(c) Yes, because it is what women want.
(d) No, because only money matters.

8. What is most male to male battle over in tribes?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Women.
(d) Land.

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

10. According to some arguments, why did larger brains evolve?
(a) As a means of retaining more knowledge.
(b) As a mechanism to deal with cheater detection.
(c) As a way to work together with other humans.
(d) As a means of survival.

11. Thinking that male and female brains are different is often thought to be_______.
(a) Hateful.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Misguided.
(d) Discriminatory.

12. What modern day society sometime practices polygamy?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Extreme Mormonism.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Catholicism.

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

14. Why do women prefer more intelligent men?
(a) They make more money.
(b) They can be funny.
(c) They are less intimidating.
(d) They are less boring.

15. What is a powerful force that is influenced by and influences evolution?
(a) Culture.
(b) Individual thoughts.
(c) Sexual attraction.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Children who are raised together usually___________.

2. What is in the true interest of a female in reproduction?

3. Who directly advocated for polygamy in early societies?

4. What type of historical incident may have been a more frequent phenomenon than is commonly thought?

5. Why are female chimps extremely promiscuous in large social groups?

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