The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature Test | Final 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 | Final 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. Who directly advocated for polygamy in early societies?
(a) Government groups.
(b) Pagan groups.
(c) Kings and queens.
(d) Religious groups.

2. Differences hold ___________, regardless of race, ethnicity, or culture.
(a) All of the time.
(b) Universal.
(c) Only sometimes.
(d) True.

3. What is clear about what women want in a mate?
(a) Middle class men.
(b) High status men that have the ability to rise in the status hierarchy.
(c) Men who are thin.
(d) Men who are smart but have no chance of rising in status.

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

5. How do women prefer to live with men?
(a) In adultery .
(b) In monogamy.
(c) In polygamy.
(d) In celibacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do male primates do to their female's children who are not also their children?

2. Young boys show a propensity for __________.

3. What do apes and humans both prefer over being bored?

4. Men seem to have an insatiable desire for this.

5. What type of success does evolution care about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are societies no longer polygamous?

2. What also seems to work with evolution to create changes in men and women?

3. What do men universally prefer in their women?

4. What is different between humans and primates?

5. What do studies on the pine mole show about the differences between male and female pine mole minds?

6. Unfortunately, what is very common in many primate groups?

7. What need is human language built around?

8. What did Freud believe concerning incest?

9. What happens to children that do not learn language early?

10. When does sexual aversion to one's family occur?

(see the answer keys)

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