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. Most modern societies are _________.
(a) Monogamous.
(b) Fundamentalist.
(c) Uncivilized.
(d) Polygamous.

2. What animals are only interested in exclusive fidelity?
(a) Gibbons.
(b) Gorillas.
(c) Bears.
(d) Humans.

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

4. In many tribes, __________ of the population have lost family members to murder.
(a) One third.
(b) Three fourths.
(c) Two thirds.
(d) One half.

5. Why do women need men?
(a) To continue making children.
(b) To be lifetime partners.
(c) To help raise and provide for their children.
(d) To educate their children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to be partially the result of genetics?

2. Instead of this aspect, what are men really wanting as they are driven by biology?

3. What is a common suggestion for why people need intelligence?

4. According to some arguments, why did larger brains evolve?

5. What type of success does evolution care about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When given pictures with landscapes and people, what differences do boys and girls have?

3. What do men universally prefer in their women?

4. From the Red Queen Theory, what do we learn about cheaters?

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

6. Why is male on male violence so detrimental?

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

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

9. What do men prefer to be?

10. What happens if a man thinks his female has been cheating?

(see the answer keys)

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