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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nucleotide chains are in DNA?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. According to the relatedness calculations in the book, how related is a person to him- or herself?
(a) By a hundred.
(b) By ten.
(c) By one.
(d) By zero.

3. In Dawkins' discussion, why do baby birds scream?
(a) To attract love from the parent.
(b) To warn away aggressors.
(c) To scold sibling birds.
(d) To show how hungry they are.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dawkins postulate that animals judge relatedness?

2. In the science fiction story Dawkins cites, what do the instructions make?

3. According to the relatedness calculations in the book, how much more closely related is a child to a sibling than a half-sibling?

4. What would give longevity to early self-duplicating molecules, according to Dawkins?

5. What does AI stand for?

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