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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. Are there strong taboos against cousin marriage?

2. Incest is most prevalent between___________.

3. New evidence suggests that much of human learning is developed through __________.

4. Differences hold ___________, regardless of race, ethnicity, or culture.

5. Children who are raised together usually___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What explanation is given at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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

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

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

6. What do men universally prefer in their women?

7. Why does the author think that humans developed intelligence?

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

9. What do women prefer to be?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Ridley think that intelligence and language developed between human beings? Does he think that without this prompting, there would be no language?

Essay Topic 2

Although sexual reproduction is very expensive for species that partake in it, explain why asexual reproduction is less successful than sexual reproduction. List out the specific positives of participating in sexual reproduction. List the negative reasons for sexual reproduction.

Essay Topic 3

Who developed the Red Queen Theory and what does the theory say? How does the Red Queen Theory assert itself throughout the history of animals? Give an example of how the Red Queen Theory works.

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