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

2. Why might an older animal be less valuable to selfish genes than young related animals?
(a) The older animal is less likely to reproduce more of the genes.
(b) The older animal's genes are likely to be decayed over time.
(c) The older animal is certain to have all its genes already represented in a few young, related animals.
(d) The older animal is likely to contain less successful genes than the young related animals.

3. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, how does he describe the creation of new DNA by sexual reproduction?
(a) Two books are combined into one two-volume work.
(b) Two bookshelves are combined into one.
(c) Books from different shelves are mixed together on a new shelf.
(d) Pages are torn out of different books and put together.

4. What factors are part of Dawkins' net benefit score?
(a) Benefit to the other, relatedness to the other, and risk to the organism.
(b) Risk to the organism, risk to the other, an relatedness to the other.
(c) Benefit to the organism, risk to the organism, and relatedness to the other.
(d) Benefit to the organism, risk to the other, and relatedness to the other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dawkins' idea of AI expand the idea of PI to include?

2. What chance does a parent have of giving a particular gene to a child?

3. What does an animal do when it fails to claim a territory?

4. What does Dawkins say that Honeyguide chicks do?

5. What does Dawkins compare point mutation to?

(see the answer key)

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