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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the science fiction story Dawkins cites, who sends instructions through time?
(a) Aliens.
(b) Intelligent animals.
(c) Robots.
(d) Future humans.

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

3. What apparently unselfish act of a bee does the author describe?
(a) Evacuating immature bees from an endangered hive.
(b) Fighting off predators who are near the queen.
(c) Bringing back pollen to help feed the whole colony.
(d) Losing its life to sting an intruder.

4. 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.

5. What almost always happens when copies of things are made, according to Dawkins?
(a) Conflict between the copies.
(b) Mistakes in the copies.
(c) Confusion between copies and originals.
(d) An overabundance of copies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does ESS stand for?

2. From a gene's point of view, what does Dawkins say an organism is equally related to?

3. Do gulls recognize their own eggs and chicks?

4. In the set of bees Dawkins mentions that deal with this disease, what does a second gene the bees have do?

5. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, what does the bookshelf represent?

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