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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 gene that caused nothing but remained in the DNA.
(c) A being that passed on all its DNA through sexual reproduction.
(d) An undying being continuing to reproduce.

2. What four categories does Dawkins have in his game theory analysis of male and female sexual and childrearing behaviors?
(a) Faithful females, faithless females, faithful males, and faithless males.
(b) Accepting females, rejecting females, cooperative males, and uncooperative males.
(c) Coy females, philandering females, demanding males, and unreliable males.
(d) Coy females, fast females, faithful males, and philandering males.

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

4. What attribute of male birds of paradise does Zahavi say is a kind of boast that even with a dangerous physical characteristic, the bird is strong enough to survive?
(a) A long, dragging tail.
(b) A beautifully feathered but uselessly structured foot.
(c) A bright, attractive pattern on its wings.
(d) A brightly colored, easily seen headdress.

5. According to the relatedness calculations in the book, how related is a person to him- or herself?
(a) By ten.
(b) By a hundred.
(c) By one.
(d) By zero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dawkins demonstrate using the net benefit score?

2. What animals does the author mention as examples of animals that work hard to rescue or save others?

3. What is the smallest unit that is reproduced and carried on through natural selection?

4. What does Dawkins say points to the idea that all living things come from the same types of early molecules?

5. Why might an older animal be less valuable to selfish genes than young related animals?

(see the answer key)

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