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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hazard does the author identify in killing a rival?
(a) The rival will no longer be able to cooperate to protect against enemies.
(b) Others might try to revenge the rival.
(c) A stronger rival might take the rival's place.
(d) The attacker might be ostracized for killing the rival.

2. According to Dawkins, how might a gene that normally does something selfish end in doing something unselfish?
(a) The gene might change its role because of negative response to the selfish behavior.
(b) The selfish behavior gene cannot end in doing something unselfish.
(c) The selfish behavior, combined with other genes' behaviors, might create an unselfish-seeming behavior.
(d) The selfish behavior might be modified by external influences.

3. Which cells in an organism contain the creature's DNA?
(a) All of them.
(b) Barrier funciton cells.
(c) Interstitial cells.
(d) Paraxial cells.

4. What does Dawkins believe about human population growth?
(a) That humans have no means to limit populations growth.
(b) That human population growth is not a problem.
(c) That humans should probably limit their population growth.
(d) That human populations growth needs to increase.

5. To what does Wynne-Edwards attribute changes to female mice as the population rises?
(a) Group selection.
(b) Random variation in individuals.
(c) Natural selection of individuals.
(d) Random variation within groups.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would not have existed in early oceans, that would have allowed amino acids and proteins to exist for long periods of time, to slowly develop into more complex forms?

3. What does Wynne-Edwards suggest that animals do to communicate overpopulation?

4. In the set of bees Dawkins mentions that deal with this disease, what does a second gene the bees have do?

5. In Dawkins' examine of ESS simulations, what two kinds of creatures are there?

(see the answer key)

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