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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. Homosexual men tend to be like __________ men and lesbians tend to be more like _______ women.
2. What animals are only interested in exclusive fidelity?
3. What, in the author's opinion, supports his assertions concerning a female's desires for reproduction?
4. Instead of this aspect, what are men really wanting as they are driven by biology?
5. What is most male to male battle over in tribes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to children that do not learn language early?
2. When Ridley says that male and female brains are different, what type of tone does he have?
3. What does female physiology support?
4. What is different between humans and primates?
5. Over the milennia, how have men and women evolved?
6. What explanation is given at the beginning of Chapter 9?
7. What do studies on the pine mole show about the differences between male and female pine mole minds?
8. What seems to be the best for most women and men and why?
9. What happens if a man thinks his female has been cheating?
10. What do women universally prefer?
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
Discuss the different tones that Ridley uses throughout the novel. Point out specific tones in different sections. Then describe why the tone works best for that section.
Essay Topic 3
Ridley insists that while women prefer monogamy, they like to also have affairs on the side. How could Ridley's research be twisted or misconstrued to blame only women for being unfaithful? How could this possibly give men too much power?
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