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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the science fiction story Dawkins cites, what do the instructions make?
(a) A space ship.
(b) A computer.
(c) An energy generator.
(d) A time travel machine.

2. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, how does he describe the creation of new DNA by sexual reproduction?
(a) Books from different shelves are mixed together on a new shelf.
(b) Two bookshelves are combined into one.
(c) Pages are torn out of different books and put together.
(d) Two books are combined into one two-volume work.

3. What do the letters A, T, C, and G stand for?
(a) Different types of RNA.
(b) Different types of genes.
(c) Different types of DNA.
(d) Different types of nucleotides.

4. In the science fiction story Dawkins cites, who sends instructions through time?
(a) Aliens.
(b) Robots.
(c) Future humans.
(d) Intelligent animals.

5. What is the most stable type of behavior in the computer simulations of ESS?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Bully.
(c) Dove.
(d) Retaliator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dawkins describe life forms as?

2. What mixture tends to arrive in ESS simulations of multiple types of behavior?

3. What response does Dawkins give to the idea that birth control is wrong because it's unnatural?

4. What would give longevity to early self-duplicating molecules, according to Dawkins?

5. What does Wynne-Edwards believe about birth rates?

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