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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. What combination do people find mostly attractive?

2. Young boys show a propensity for __________.

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

4. What would the author like us to believe concerning nature versus nurture?

5. Boys tend to be better at reasoning ______, whereas women excel in reasoning in terms of _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is male on male violence so detrimental?

2. Why are societies no longer polygamous?

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

4. When Ridley says that male and female brains are different, what type of tone does he have?

5. What need is human language built around?

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

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

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

9. What does female physiology support?

10. What did Freud believe concerning incest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why has the author chosen to write about the Red Queen Theory and the study of human nature? By studying, what does he eventually hope to learn? Do you think that he is successful in his search for knowledge?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Ridley end the book with the explanation that when the Red Queen Theory proves itself wrong, it also proves itself right? Does this allow the Ridley to advertise that his theories are right no matter what? Do you think that his findings are not being held accountable?

Essay Topic 3

Why has sexual intercourse become a private matter among many humans? Is this a societal constraint that we have imposed on ourselves? Or, is it something that was biologically programmed into us? How does this aspect make us different from other species?

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