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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What apparently unselfish act of a bee does the author describe?
(a) Evacuating immature bees from an endangered hive.
(b) Bringing back pollen to help feed the whole colony.
(c) Fighting off predators who are near the queen.
(d) Losing its life to sting an intruder.

4. What would molecules that broke down other self-copying molecules and used their parts eventually become?
(a) Inorganic materials.
(b) Plants.
(c) Single-celled organisms.
(d) Animals.

5. What apparently unselfish behavior of small birds does the author describe?
(a) Bringing excess food to others in the flock.
(b) Staying awake to warn the flock of approaching predators.
(c) Drawing the attention of a hawk to itself and away from the flock.
(d) Protecting another bird's eggs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does the author use the word "apparently" to describe selfish or unselfish behavior?

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