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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to animals that tend to lose in fights?
(a) They tend to fight more aggressively in the future.
(b) They tend to challenge less dominant rivals in the future.
(c) They tend to change their fighting strategies.
(d) They tend to give up sooner in the future.

2. How common does Dawkins say doubt about evolution is?
(a) He says it's rare.
(b) He says it's common.
(c) He says it's nonexistent.
(d) He says it's in everyone.

3. In Dawkins' example, why might a child try to get extra food, to the detriment of brothers and sisters?
(a) The child is hungrier than its siblings.
(b) The child has special needs that it must communicate to its parents.
(c) The child is more related to itself than its siblings.
(d) The child has no concern for its siblings' survival.

4. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, what does the bookshelf represent?
(a) A cell nucleus.
(b) A single cell.
(c) A strand of DNA.
(d) A chromosome.

5. What would molecules that grouped and built protective walls around themselves become?
(a) Inorganic materials.
(b) Animals.
(c) Single-celled organisms.
(d) Plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the relatedness calculations in the book, is a child more closely related to a sibling or an uncle?

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

3. What does Dawkins compare point mutation to?

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

5. What two opposites does Dawkins say he is examining the biology of?

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