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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What type of math does the author discuss that's used to model how real animals behave in the world?
(a) Approximation theory.
(b) Game theory.
(c) Chaos theory.
(d) Probability theory.

4. Can a gene change it's strategy for survival?
(a) Yes, genes modify their strategy by chaning the proteins they form.
(b) Yes, genes modify themselves to try new strategies.
(c) No, genes can only create the protein they are formed to generate.
(d) No, genes only predict a likely strategy and are stuck with it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the author compare nerves to?

4. What almost always happens when copies of things are made, according to Dawkins?

5. What does Dawkins mean by a "selfish gene?"

(see the answer key)

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