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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Dawkins' description, how does a retaliator behave?
(a) A retaliator mimics the behavior of the creature it encounters.
(b) A retaliator appears to be a hawk but acts like a dove.
(c) A retaliator waits to see what will happen and then reacts through a code of rules.
(d) A retaliator appears to be a dove but acts like a hawk.

2. What does Wynne-Edwards teach?
(a) That group behaviors are evolved and individual behaviors are incidental.
(b) That evolution is only partially responsible for behaviors.
(c) That groups of animals evolved for the good of the group.
(d) That individuals strive for individual success within the group.

3. What process does the existence of Dawkins' imagined early molecules closely resemble?
(a) Crystalization.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Hybridization.
(d) Diffusion.

4. When a cell divides to make a new cell with identical DNA, what is the process called?
(a) Meiosis.
(b) Mitosis.
(c) Alleles.
(d) Plasmosis.

5. Does Dawkins believe people want to view parental care as different from other evolutionary behaviors?
(a) Yes, but only as it applies to mother-child relationships..
(b) Yes, he believes people want to consider parental care a special case.
(c) No, but Dawkins believes that parental care is a special case.
(d) No, Dawkins believes people can clearly see that parental care fits with evolutionary forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would competition between early self-copying molecules be over?

2. What is a female bird doing, according to Dawkins, by forcing the male to make a nest before she breeds with him?

3. In the natural world, which gender does Dawkins identify as more likely to select the other for breeding?

4. How would the results differ if the goal were the success of the group?

5. In the behavior called stotting, where do Thompson gazelles jump?

(see the answer key)

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