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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the tangled bank theory?

2. What is the chief competitor to the tangled bank theory and lottery theory?

3. How does evolution work?

4. What did Zahavi, a scientist, theorize about reproduction mating?

5. To understand human nature, what must we understand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do males want to be with many females?

2. Why is the history of evolution a never ending arms race?

3. After the Vicar of Bray theory, what did scientists try to prove?

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

5. Who developed the Red Queen Theory?

6. How would a pre-Darwin think explain why giraffes have long necks?

7. What does the Martian visitor that observes Earth wonder about?

8. Why are hermaphrodites unstable?

9. What would lead a woman to pick a man based on looks?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has biology intervened to change our ideas of what is beautiful or attractive? Why are men more attracted to thinner women, while women prefer an attractive man who has high status? Give reasons for your answers.

Essay Topic 2

In your own words, define gene outcrossing. How does sexual reproduction cause gene outcrossing to occur? Why is gene outcrossing a positive thing for many populations?

Essay Topic 3

Most of the time, society dictates the way that women look and behave. How has sexual selection shaped the way women wish to look? How has biology shaped society and cultures? Is biology to blame for the extreme ways that women have shifted themselves to please men as mates?

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