The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Matt Ridley
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Matt Ridley
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What type of civilization do the New Guinea tribes have?
(a) Scavengers.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Hunter gatherers.
(d) Democratic governments.

2. Who has solutions concerning genetics?
(a) Doctors and scientists.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Geneticists.
(d) Molecular biologists and geneticists.

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

4. What do males want in sexual partners?
(a) An attractive female.
(b) A spontaneous female.
(c) A good mother.
(d) A very young female.

5. Through sexual reproduction, what are offspring dealt?
(a) Weak genes.
(b) Genes too similar to their parents.
(c) A different bag of genes from their parents.
(d) Weak and strong genes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lower class individuals tend to have _________.

2. Instead of scientists concentrating on why humans are the way they are, they should concentrate on _________.

3. Are individuals involved in evolution aware of the choices they are making?

4. At the end of Chapter 3, what does the author say will be explored in the next chapter?

5. Of course, both males and females have a (an) ________ to deceive the other sex to promote their own attractiveness.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who developed the Red Queen Theory?

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

3. Explain the story of the fisherman.

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

5. What is perplexing about sexual reproduction?

6. After the Vicar of Bray theory, what did scientists try to prove?

7. What is interesting about the creator of the Vicar of Bray creator?

8. Why are out law genes interesting?

9. What secondary quality do men look for in women?

10. Why do genes exist in the first place?

(see the answer keys)

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