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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do gulls recognize their own eggs and chicks?
(a) Gulls recognize their chicks but not their eggs.
(b) Gulls recognize neither their chicks nor their eggs.
(c) Gulls recognize their chicks and eggs.
(d) Gulls recognize their eggs but not their chicks.

2. What shape is the location where guillemots lay their eggs?
(a) Rough and grassy.
(b) Jagged.
(c) Flat.
(d) Hilly.

3. Why might an older animal be less valuable to selfish genes than young related animals?
(a) The older animal is less likely to reproduce more of the genes.
(b) The older animal is certain to have all its genes already represented in a few young, related animals.
(c) The older animal's genes are likely to be decayed over time.
(d) The older animal is likely to contain less successful genes than the young related animals.

4. How does Dawkins postulate that animals judge relatedness?
(a) By statistics.
(b) By resemblance.
(c) By instinctual knowledge.
(d) By scent.

5. According to the relatedness calculations in the book, is a child more closely related to a sibling or an uncle?
(a) A sibling.
(b) The child is equally related to both.
(c) It's impossible to compare.
(d) An uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, how does he describe the creation of new DNA by sexual reproduction?

2. What is a recessive gene?

3. What chance does a parent have of giving a particular gene to a child?

4. What does Dawkins suggest fooling certain genes into thinking the body is younger might do?

5. How is male and female responsibility for offspring different in fish?

(see the answer key)

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