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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who developed the Red Queen theory?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Leigh Van Valen.
(c) Graham Bell.
(d) Richard Dawkins.

2. What do scientists want to discover about genetic mixing?
(a) Why genetic mixing is better than cloning oneself.
(b) How to make genetic mixing affordable.
(c) Why cloning is more successful than genetic mixing.
(d) How to make genetic mixing more reliable.

3. What is the male to female ratio?
(a) 1:3.
(b) 1:1.
(c) 2:1.
(d) 1:2.

4. If there are too many males, it will eventually be better to be a ____________.
(a) Female or male.
(b) Hermaphrodite.
(c) Female.
(d) Male.

5. How does Chapter 5 begin?
(a) With mating behavior of Australian brush turkeys.
(b) With observations about pine moles.
(c) With the story of a fisherman.
(d) With an explanation of courtship.

Short Answer Questions

1. In an attempt to "outwit" these killers, organisms engage in _____________.

2. What is the main focus of the novel?

3. What can a psychiatrist expect to find in all people?

4. Although it becomes clear that sex is necessary to avoid parasites, what question remains?

5. What happens if a virus attacks a population of clones?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do sperm sometimes kill the egg?

2. What is a bdelloid rotifer?

3. Why is there a ratio of 1:1 in males and females?

4. How does the book begin and why is it important?

5. Explain the story of the fisherman.

6. Why do genes exist in the first place?

7. From a biologist's point of view, why is sexual reproduction not as successful as asexual?

8. Why are out law genes interesting?

9. What does the Martian visitor that observes Earth wonder about?

10. Why do males want to be with many females?

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