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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dawkins point out about antelopes' herd behavior?
(a) The herd behavior is fot the good of the species.
(b) The herd behavior sacrifices an individual for the species survival.
(c) The herd behavior is not an adaptation.
(d) The herd behavior gives indidivuals a better chance of survival.

2. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, how does he describe the creation of new DNA by sexual reproduction?
(a) Books from different shelves are mixed together on a new shelf.
(b) Two bookshelves are combined into one.
(c) Pages are torn out of different books and put together.
(d) Two books are combined into one two-volume work.

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

4. What is the most stable type of behavior in the computer simulations of ESS?
(a) Bully.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Retaliator.
(d) Dove.

5. What is the most stable result of the specific ESS simulation Dawkins describes?
(a) A 3:2 mixture of two kinds of behavior.
(b) A 7:5 mixture of two kinds of behavior.
(c) A 1:4 mixture of two kinds of behavior.
(d) A 1:1 mixture of two kinds of behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dawkins compare point mutation to?

2. What would molecules that started to manufacture energy using the sun eventually become?

3. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, what does the bookshelf represent?

4. In early reproducing molecules, what is the measure of "success"?

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

(see the answer key)

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