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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wynne-Edwards believe about territories that animals fight over?
(a) Individual territories provide survival for the species.
(b) Individual territories are symbolic.
(c) Individual territories provide survival for the individual.
(d) Individual territories are illusions.

2. In the set of bees Dawkins mentions that deal with this disease, what does a second gene the bees have do?
(a) Cause the bees to leave the hive where sick baby bees are.
(b) Cause the bees to throw sick baby bees out of the hive.
(c) Cause the bees to crush sick baby bees.
(d) Cause the bees to eat sick baby bees.

3. In the science fiction story Dawkins cites, is the machine created by the instructions beneficial or dangerous?
(a) It is neither dangerous nor beneficial.
(b) It is beneficial.
(c) It is both beneficial and dangerous, at different times.
(d) It is dangerous.

4. What two opposites does Dawkins say he is examining the biology of?
(a) Selfishness and altruism.
(b) Self-centeredness and other-centeredness.
(c) Rationality and emotionalism.
(d) Individuality and community.

5. In Dawkins' examine of ESS simulations, what two kinds of creatures are there?
(a) Ones that always win, and ones that always lose.
(b) Ones that always cooperate, and ones that always fight.
(c) Ones that always fight, and ones that always back down.
(d) Ones that always run away, and ones that attack in stealth.

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 fundamental question does Dawkins want to consider?

3. According to Dawkins, are mistakes in fidelity good or bad?

4. What type of math does the author discuss that's used to model how real animals behave in the world?

5. Why might an older animal be less valuable to selfish genes than young related animals?

(see the answer key)

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