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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example of the type of valued human behavior that perhaps influences people to believe in group selection does Dawkins give?
(a) Asking people to go to war to protect their country.
(b) Volunteering for community service.
(c) Giving to a charitable organization to prevent world hunger.
(d) Getting a job to beneift one's family.

2. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, how many books are on the bookshelf?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Fifty-four.
(c) Forty-six.
(d) Thirty-two.

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

4. What behavior does the author cite about how elephant seals relate to rivals?
(a) Elephant seals steal mates away from the strongest rival.
(b) Elephant seals group together to attack the strongest rival.
(c) Elephant seals kill increasingly difficult rivals until they are killed.
(d) Elephant seals wait for the strongest rival to die or become too old.

5. In Dawkins' description, how does a bully behave?
(a) A bully acts aggressively but never confronts an opponent.
(b) A bully acts aggressively but then always backs down.
(c) A bully acts aggressively but only follows through with weak opponents.
(d) A bully acts aggressively and always fights.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Do one-celled animals seem to have purpose and intention, according to the author?

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

4. What does longevity provide to an early molecule, according to Dawkins?

5. What did scientists do to test the genes that controlled bee behavior?

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