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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dawkins postulate would preserve a gene forever?
(a) A being that used only one gene.
(b) A being that passed on all its DNA through sexual reproduction.
(c) An undying being continuing to reproduce.
(d) A gene that caused nothing but remained in the DNA.

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

3. What does Dawkins postulate maintains sexual reproduction as a feature?
(a) The impossibility of asexual reproduction.
(b) The sexual reproduction gene trying to copy itself.
(c) The need for genetic variation.
(d) The desireability of genetic mutations.

4. In Dawkins' discussion, what does he consider alleles to be, relative to genes?
(a) Rivals.
(b) Understudies.
(c) Immaterial extras.
(d) Cooperative partners.

5. What happens in inversion?
(a) A nucleotide is inserted backwards in DNA.
(b) A gene is inserted backwards on a strand of DNA.
(c) DNA is inserted backwards in a chromosome.
(d) Chromosomes are inserted backwards in a cell nucleus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the letters A, T, C, and G stand for?

2. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, what does the bookshelf represent?

3. In sexual reproduction, what does the larger egg cell have that the smaller sperm cell does not?

4. According to the relatedness calculations in the book, how much more closely related is a child to a sibling than a half-sibling?

5. Why might mates favor offspring over their mate, according to Dawkins?

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