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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author use the word "apparently" to describe selfish or unselfish behavior?
(a) Because he doesn't really believe in the terms selfish and unselfish.
(b) Because he doesn't believe the examples he is citing are necessarily true.
(c) Because behavior may only seem selfish or unselfish.
(d) Because he is only concerned about appearances of selfishness.

2. What does Dawkins compare point mutation to?
(a) A misspoken word.
(b) A misprint on a book.
(c) A card getting shuffled into the wrong deck.
(d) A stray mark on a photocopy.

3. What does Dawkins point out about antelopes' herd behavior?
(a) The herd behavior sacrifices an individual for the species survival.
(b) The herd behavior is fot the good of the species.
(c) The herd behavior gives indidivuals a better chance of survival.
(d) The herd behavior is not an adaptation.

4. What does Dawkins say points to the idea that all living things come from the same types of early molecules?
(a) All life forms have basic cell structures.
(b) All life forms are based on carbon.
(c) All life forms are made from DNA molecules.
(d) All life forms have similar pH balances.

5. 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?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Sunlight.
(c) Acids.
(d) Enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to animals that tend to lose in fights?

2. When a cell creates a sperm cell or egg cell with reduced DNA, what is the process called?

3. What does Wynne-Edwards believe about territories that animals fight over?

4. To what does Dawkins attribute a male backing down from a powerful rival over territory?

5. According to Dawkins, is there a genetic reason to favor one child over others?

(see the answer key)

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