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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author say that human beings think of their own species?
(a) As a goal that evolution has achieved.
(b) As able to rise above animal drives.
(c) As more imporant than other species.
(d) As exempt from the laws of natural selection.

2. Does the author believe that genetically inherited traits cannot be changed?
(a) No, he believes that genetically inherited traits are only vague predispositions that are easily and commonly changed.
(b) No, he does not believe genetically inherited traits are impossible to change.
(c) Yes, he believes that genetically inherited traits are unchangeable, but they don't govern all behavior.
(d) Yes, he believes genetically inherited traits cover all behavior and are unchangeable.

3. What do the letters A, T, C, and G stand for?
(a) Different types of genes.
(b) Different types of nucleotides.
(c) Different types of DNA.
(d) Different types of RNA.

4. Which cells in an organism contain the creature's DNA?
(a) Paraxial cells.
(b) Interstitial cells.
(c) All of them.
(d) Barrier funciton cells.

5. What apparently selfish act of the praying mantis does the author describe?
(a) Leading another mantis into a spider's web.
(b) Injuring another mantis that enters a claimed territory.
(c) A female eating her mate.
(d) Fighting over an aphid colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fundamental question does Dawkins want to consider?

2. What type of math does the author discuss that's used to model how real animals behave in the world?

3. What kind of animals does the intruder retreat experiment by Niko Tinbergen use?

4. What does Dawkins say readers can think of DNA as?

5. In the science fiction story Dawkins cites, what do the instructions make?

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