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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Dawkins give that animal populations are about 50-50 male and female?
(a) Male and female balances shift from generation to generation to average out to 50-50.
(b) Dawkins says that a 50-50 ratio is the stable balance of males and females.
(c) Males are overly competitive and destroy each other when the male population is too high.
(d) Overlarge female populations purposefully create more males.

2. According to the relatedness calculations in the book, how much more closely related is a child to a sibling than a half-sibling?
(a) The child is four times as closely related to the sibling.
(b) The child is one an a half times as closely related to the sibling.
(c) The child is three times as closely related to the sibling.
(d) The child is twice as closely related to the sibling.

3. When a cell creates a sperm cell or egg cell with reduced DNA, what is the process called?
(a) Mitosis.
(b) Alleles.
(c) Meiosis.
(d) Plasmosis.

4. What does AI stand for?
(a) Anomalous Involvement.
(b) Antecedent Integrity.
(c) Altruistic Investment.
(d) Authentic Intelligence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Dawkins' example, why might a child try to get extra food, to the detriment of brothers and sisters?

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

3. To what does Dawkins attribute changes to female mice as the population rises?

4. In the ant colonies studied by Trivers and Hare, what do the ants do with eggs stolen from other colonies?

5. In Dawkins' discussion, what is the detriment of raising offspring, if there is something wrong with it?

(see the answer key)

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