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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Electricity.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Acids.

2. How does Dawkins characterize the runt of a litter?
(a) As an evolutionary anomaly that can't be explained.
(b) As a means of creating competition among offspring.
(c) As a way for parents to hedge their bets.
(d) As a waste of resources for parents.

3. To what does Dawkins attribute changes to female mice as the population rises?
(a) Natural selection of individuals.
(b) Random variation in individuals.
(c) Random variation within groups.
(d) Group selection.

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

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

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. According to Dawkins, is there a genetic reason to favor one child over others?

3. What would molecules that started to manufacture energy using the sun eventually become?

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

5. What mixture tends to arrive in ESS simulations of multiple types of behavior?

(see the answer key)

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