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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 do humans living in groups need to be able to tell about individuals in the group?
(a) If someone has ill feelings toward someone else.
(b) When someone is telling the truth.
(c) If the group is healthy and functional.
(d) When one group member is cheating or breaking the rules

2. Does it pay to be intelligent and witty?
(a) Yes, but only if you have a formal education.
(b) No, because only money matters.
(c) Yes, because it is what women want.
(d) Yes, but only if you have money, too.

3. What determines whether a child is French or English speaking?
(a) Their free will.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Their experiences (nature).
(d) The geographical location of their birth.

4. What do women fantasize about?
(a) A large number of men.
(b) Having children.
(c) A smaller number of men.
(d) Being alone.

5. Of the following options, what do humans do best?
(a) Pick out cheaters in a social context.
(b) Pick out faithful people.
(c) Gossip about friends and neighbors.
(d) Perform the same logical task in a non-social context.

Short Answer Questions

1. Male human beings expect to have their _______ compete with the ________ of other males.

2. What accusation does the author make against women?

3. In a landscape, what will boys pick out as being important?

4. Incest is most prevalent between___________.

5. Why are female chimps extremely promiscuous in large social groups?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation is given at the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. What is different between humans and primates?

3. What do men universally prefer in their women?

4. What do men prefer to be?

5. Why is male on male violence so detrimental?

6. Over the milennia, how have men and women evolved?

7. What does female physiology support?

8. As the author ends the book, what do we begin to understand about the Red Queen Theory?

9. What do women prefer to be?

10. Who is the most likely to participate in incest?

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