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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do women like taller men?
(a) Taller men can better protect them.
(b) Taller men enhance the woman's femininity.
(c) Taller men are more athletic.
(d) Taller men are stronger.

3. Why does the author think that there is now so much monogamy in humans?
(a) It is easier to be in a relationship with one person.
(b) It is much less expensive.
(c) Males and females want to focus on one set of children.
(d) Man's competitor in the sexual arms race (women) want it.

4. What do humans living in groups need to be able to tell about individuals in the group?
(a) If the group is healthy and functional.
(b) When one group member is cheating or breaking the rules
(c) If someone has ill feelings toward someone else.
(d) When someone is telling the truth.

5. In a person's youth, what happens to them to thwart off incest?
(a) They are told that it is evil.
(b) They are imprinted with an aversion toward incest.
(c) They are not told about incest.
(d) They are punished if they attempt it.

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Young girls show a propensity for _________.
(a) Math.
(b) Physical activity.
(c) Science.
(d) Verbal tasks.

13. According to Freud, a human's tendency is toward _________.
(a) Maintaining fidelity.
(b) Their family's acceptance.
(c) Incest between family members.
(d) Dismissing infidelity.

14. What is negative about having many females?
(a) It is very expensive.
(b) Too many children are born.
(c) It is too time consuming.
(d) They do not get along with each other.

15. What is the development of language?
(a) A basic need for survival of the species.
(b) A basic need for human evolution.
(c) A basic need for courtship.
(d) A need for humans to spread gossip about sexual partners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does it pay to be intelligent and witty?

2. Men and women behave and perform certain roles in every _______ and _____.

3. Children who are raised together usually___________.

4. In a landscape what will girls pick out as being important?

5. Boys tend to be better at reasoning ______, whereas women excel in reasoning in terms of _______.

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