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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most modern societies are _________.
(a) Fundamentalist.
(b) Uncivilized.
(c) Polygamous.
(d) Monogamous.

2. How do women prefer to live with men?
(a) In monogamy.
(b) In adultery .
(c) In polygamy.
(d) In celibacy.

3. Who suggested the idea that language acquisition is partly the result of an innate or genetically acquired ability to learn grammar?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Chomsky.
(c) Lamarck.
(d) Dawkins.

4. How do males fantasize?
(a) They concentrate on the sexual act itself.
(b) They do not fantasize.
(c) They think of several women.
(d) They only think about one woman.

5. Our notions of beauty do not seem to be _________.
(a) Coincidental.
(b) Frivolous.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Fruitful.

6. What animals are only interested in exclusive fidelity?
(a) Bears.
(b) Gorillas.
(c) Gibbons.
(d) Humans.

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

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

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

10. Who argues that the mind is made up of many different "modules" that have evolved over time such as "fear snakes" and various cheater detection mechanisms?
(a) Cosmides.
(b) No one.
(c) Tooby.
(d) Cosmides and Tooby.

11. Are there strong taboos against cousin marriage?
(a) Yes, but it depends on the culture.
(b) Less harsh taboos because cousins are not raised together.
(c) Yes, because cousins are too close.
(d) No, because cousins are not closely related.

12. New evidence suggests that much of human learning is developed through __________.
(a) Natural ability.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Experiences.
(d) Instincts.

13. What do apes and humans both prefer over being bored?
(a) Eating.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Entertainmant.
(d) Providing for their mates.

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

15. Men excrete far more sperm when they ________________.
(a) Have been threatened by another male's attractiveness.
(b) Think their wives have been unfaithful.
(c) Suspect unfaithfullness in their wives or the wives have been gone for a while.
(d) Their wives have been absent for a long time.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was polygamy stamped out?

2. Male and female brains are different because of __________.

3. What is most male to male battle over in tribes?

4. Incest is most prevalent between___________.

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

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