The Selfish Gene Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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The Selfish Gene Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, what represents a gene?
(a) A word in a book.
(b) A page in a book.
(c) A chapter in a book.
(d) A line on a page in a book.

2. What response does Dawkins give to the idea that birth control is wrong because it's unnatural?
(a) That human lifestyle is completely unnatural.
(b) That feeding the poor is also unnatural.
(c) That birth regulation is an evolutionary adaptation.
(d) That birth regulation is a survival instinct.

3. What would happen to an early molecule that made many more copies of itself than other molecules made of themselves?
(a) There would be a greater chance of copies of it surviving.
(b) There would be a lower chance of copies of it surviving.
(c) There would be too many copies identical to the original, and they would mutually destruct.
(d) There would be fewer copies that were similar to the original.

4. In the science fiction story Dawkins cites, is the machine created by the instructions beneficial or dangerous?
(a) It is both beneficial and dangerous, at different times.
(b) It is beneficial.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) It is neither dangerous nor beneficial.

5. Does Dawkins believe people want to view parental care as different from other evolutionary behaviors?
(a) Yes, he believes people want to consider parental care a special case.
(b) No, but Dawkins believes that parental care is a special case.
(c) No, Dawkins believes people can clearly see that parental care fits with evolutionary forces.
(d) Yes, but only as it applies to mother-child relationships..

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dawkins postulate that animals judge relatedness?

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

3. What does Dawkins point out about different species' attitude toward offspring?

4. What is the most stable type of behavior in the computer simulations of ESS?

5. What hazard does the author identify in killing a rival?

(see the answer key)

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