View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dawkins say readers can think of DNA as?
(a) A set of general guidelines.
(b) A computer controling the body.
(c) A dictatorial ruler.
(d) A set of plans.

3. What does the author suggest might be better wording than "survival of the fittest"?
(a) Survival of the most adaptable.
(b) Survival of the best.
(c) Survival of the stable.
(d) Survival of the most reliable.

4. 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?

5. What does Dawkins suggest fooling certain genes into thinking the body is younger might do?
(a) Increase lifespan.
(b) Increase reproduction.
(c) Decrease genetic variation.
(d) Decrease mutation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dawkins postulate maintains sexual reproduction as a feature?

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

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

4. How does Dawkins characterize the natural world in his discussion of selfishness?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 340 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample