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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What molecules does Dawkins say existed in ancient seas and formed amino acids?
(a) Methane, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
(b) Water, carbon dioxide, methane, and amonia.
(c) Water, nitrogen, hydrogen, and sulfur.
(d) Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, sulfur, and amonia.

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

3. What apparently selfish act of the penguin does the author describe?
(a) Stealing food from a baby penguin's mouth.
(b) Shoving each other to see who will fall off a cliff.
(c) Stealing other penguins' eggs.
(d) Hiding behind other penguins when a predator is spotted.

4. What does longevity provide to an early molecule, according to Dawkins?
(a) Time to modify its surroundings.
(b) Time to repair itself.
(c) Time to modify itself.
(d) Time to make copies of itself.

5. What fundamental question does Dawkins want to consider?
(a) Why do molecules exist?
(b) Why do people exist?
(c) Why do genes exist?
(d) Why does DNA exist?

Short Answer Questions

1. What process does the existence of Dawkins' imagined early molecules closely resemble?

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

3. What example of the type of valued human behavior that perhaps influences people to believe in group selection does Dawkins give?

4. What two opposites does Dawkins say he is examining the biology of?

5. What would molecules that grouped and built protective walls around themselves become?

(see the answer key)

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