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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. From a biologist's point of view, sexual reproduction is more _________ than asexual reproduction.
(a) Unnecessary
(b) Annoying.
(c) Expensive.
(d) Risky.

2. How does the Red Queen begin?
(a) With a discussion of human nature.
(b) With a discussion of asexual organisms.
(c) With a story of Martians.
(d) With a discussion about the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland.

3. How does evolution work?
(a) Change is continuous.
(b) Different adaptations of an individual which give a reproductive edge.
(c) Without competition between organisms.
(d) Very slowly, over thousands of years.

4. 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.

5. In the author's opinion, what is not the primary goal of an organism?
(a) Survival.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Reproduction.
(d) Killing one another.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.

3. Why is asexual reproduction a less risky option for an organism?

4. In Chapter 5, the animals are unsure of _____________.

5. What does being fast allow for a gazelle to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does sexual reproduction mostly consist of?

2. Why do genes exist in the first place?

3. What does the sexy sons theory say?

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

5. What does the Red Queen Theory state?

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

7. To what is the human genome often compared?

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

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

10. Why are hermaphrodites unstable?

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