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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 say points to the idea that all living things come from the same types of early molecules?
(a) All life forms are based on carbon.
(b) All life forms are made from DNA molecules.
(c) All life forms have basic cell structures.
(d) All life forms have similar pH balances.

2. What process does the existence of Dawkins' imagined early molecules closely resemble?
(a) Crystalization.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Hybridization.
(d) Diffusion.

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

4. According to Dawkins, how might a gene that normally does something selfish end in doing something unselfish?
(a) The selfish behavior, combined with other genes' behaviors, might create an unselfish-seeming behavior.
(b) The gene might change its role because of negative response to the selfish behavior.
(c) The selfish behavior might be modified by external influences.
(d) The selfish behavior gene cannot end in doing something unselfish.

5. What is the name of the bee disease that Dawkins mentions in his example?
(a) Chalk brood.
(b) Sac brood.
(c) Stone brood.
(d) Foul brood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What apparently unselfish behavior of small birds does the author describe?

2. What does Dawkins suggest fooling certain genes into thinking the body is younger might do?

3. What is the smallest unit that is reproduced and carried on through natural selection?

4. To what does Dawkins compare ESS conclusions about individual behaviors within a species?

5. What happens to animals that tend to lose in fights?

(see the answer key)

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