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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. To women, attractiveness in a male signifies _____________.
(a) The ability to support her and future children.
(b) Excessive amounts of sperm.
(c) Infidelity in the relationship.
(d) Good genes.

2. According to the author and other research, who should have a better evolutionary outcome?
(a) Same-sex Reproduction.
(b) Sexual Reproduction.
(c) Asexual and Sexual Reproduction.
(d) Asexual reproduction.

3. What is the only way to understand why evolution is the way it is?
(a) To ignore its history.
(b) To negate human nature.
(c) Study the twists and turns of the evolutionary story.
(d) Study creationists theories.

4. What is lekking?
(a) A courtship dance among mammals.
(b) A way for birds to mate.
(c) A time of mating for birds.
(d) A sexual market where male birds congregate.

5. Are individuals involved in evolution aware of the choices they are making?
(a) Fifty per cent of the time.
(b) Always.
(c) Never.
(d) Ten per cent of the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the solution of the individually rational genes?

2. How do species outwit killer viruses?

3. In humans, what does evolution rely on?

4. What kind of study does evolution become?

5. Who developed the Red Queen theory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the sexy sons theory say?

2. What is a bdelloid rotifer?

3. Why is the book named after the Red Queen?

4. How do sperm sometimes kill the egg?

5. What does the Red Queen Theory state?

6. What is the lottery theory?

7. Why is the history of evolution a never ending arms race?

8. When is it even more important for a female to find a good mate?

9. How would a pre-Darwin think explain why giraffes have long necks?

10. What does sexual reproduction mostly consist of?

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