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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does an animal do when it fails to claim a territory?
(a) It carves out a niche from a rival territory.
(b) It does not breed at that time.
(c) It travels to another area.
(d) It shares a territory with other animals who failed to claim their own territory.

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

3. What does PI stand for?
(a) Parental Involvement.
(b) Parental Intelligence.
(c) Parental Investment.
(d) Parental Integrity.

4. What would not have existed in early oceans, that would have allowed amino acids and proteins to exist for long periods of time, to slowly develop into more complex forms?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Acids.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Electricity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dawkins point out about antelopes' herd behavior?

2. What molecules does Dawkins say existed in ancient seas and formed amino acids?

3. Why does the author use the word "apparently" to describe selfish or unselfish behavior?

4. How many nucleotide chains are in DNA?

5. What does Dawkins speculate that cuckoo chicks might do?

(see the answer key)

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