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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dawkins describe life forms as?
(a) Projections of self-copying molecules into a new dimension.
(b) Machines to protect competing self-copying molecules.
(c) Multiplications of self-copying molecules.
(d) Simple enlargements of self-copying molecules.

2. What would competition between early self-copying molecules be over?
(a) Space.
(b) Building-block molecules.
(c) Gaseous molecules.
(d) Water.

3. How does the author define intelligent life?
(a) As life that creates lasting communications.
(b) As life that tries to define itself.
(c) As life that distinguishes itself from other life.
(d) As life that asks where it came from.

4. What would give longevity to early self-duplicating molecules, according to Dawkins?
(a) Larger numbers of components.
(b) Greater flexibility.
(c) Greater stability.
(d) Smaller numbers of elements.

5. What would molecules that started to manufacture energy using the sun eventually become?
(a) Inorganic materials.
(b) Plants.
(c) Animals.
(d) Single-celled organisms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What apparently unselfish act of a bee does the author describe?

2. What apparently selfish act of the praying mantis does the author describe?

3. What shape does the author say water molecules in space make?

4. Does the author believe that genetically inherited traits cannot be changed?

5. How does the author say that human beings think of their own species?

(see the answer key)

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