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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 happens to children who do not hear language early on?
(a) They won't be able to talk.
(b) They loose their ability to learn language.
(c) They become deaf.
(d) They will not be able to read.

2. According to some arguments, why did larger brains evolve?
(a) As a way to work together with other humans.
(b) As a means of survival.
(c) As a means of retaining more knowledge.
(d) As a mechanism to deal with cheater detection.

3. Throughout history, what has been a great reward for a leader?
(a) More land.
(b) More women to mate with.
(c) Subjects that behave well.
(d) More ability to bring in food.

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

5. What do genes provide?
(a) A holding tank for DNA.
(b) Positive traits to pass down.
(c) The survival of a species.
(d) The basis for the limits and the capabilities of humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of women are the most attractive to men?

2. What have anthropologists found to be a universal characteristic of humans across different cultures?

3. From this, what seems clear?

4. Natural selection is a prerequisite of __________.

5. What modern day society sometime practices polygamy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does female physiology support?

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

5. Why else must men be intelligent?

6. In what societies and religions did polygamy flourish long ago?

7. What need is human language built around?

8. What biological incentives are passed down to many males?

9. Why are societies no longer polygamous?

10. What is a good explanation of why male and female brains are different?

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