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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. Instead of scientists concentrating on why humans are the way they are, they should concentrate on _________.
(a) A way to study humans without them knowing.
(b) Why humans are the way they are.
(c) How they got to be the way they are.
(d) Where humans live.

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

3. What happens if a virus attacks a population of clones?
(a) The virus will kill only the weakest clones.
(b) The clone population will effectively kill the virus.
(c) The clones attack one another in order to survive.
(d) The clone population will be wiped out.

4. What is the "good genes" theory?
(a) Smart people are attracted to other smart people.
(b) Beautiful children are evil.
(c) More attractive males will produce beautiful children.
(d) More attractive people make smart people.

5. Although it becomes clear that sex is necessary to avoid parasites, what question remains?
(a) Why sex works the way it does.
(b) Why people enjoy sex.
(c) How sex works.
(d) Whether or not sex is the best way to reproduce.

Short Answer Questions

1. From a biologist's point of view, sexual reproduction is more _________ than asexual reproduction.

2. What are out law genes?

3. How do males harm themselves?

4. How does Chapter 2 begin?

5. Why do genes exist?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are out law genes interesting?

3. What is interesting about the mating skills of the Australian bush turkeys?

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

5. What is the tangled bank theory?

6. What is a bdelloid rotifer?

7. What does the sexy sons theory say?

8. What does sexual reproduction mostly consist of?

9. What does the Red Queen Theory state?

10. What would lead a woman to pick a man based on looks?

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