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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Medawar's study conclude?
(a) Older women are not good at distinguishing when a child costs too many resources.
(b) Older women are not as good at raising children.
(c) Older women are better at making choices between offspring.
(d) Older women are better with young children and worse with older children.

2. In Dawkins' discussion, what does he consider alleles to be, relative to genes?
(a) Cooperative partners.
(b) Immaterial extras.
(c) Rivals.
(d) Understudies.

3. According to Dawkins, do memes compete?
(a) Yes, memes compete for space in human brains and other resources.
(b) Yes, memes compete against genetic forces.
(c) No, memes do not compete because they share resources.
(d) No, memes do not use resources, so they do not compete.

4. What happens in inversion?
(a) DNA is inserted backwards in a chromosome.
(b) Chromosomes are inserted backwards in a cell nucleus.
(c) A nucleotide is inserted backwards in DNA.
(d) A gene is inserted backwards on a strand of DNA.

5. How does the author say that human beings think of their own species?
(a) As able to rise above animal drives.
(b) As more imporant than other species.
(c) As a goal that evolution has achieved.
(d) As exempt from the laws of natural selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dawkins say individuals within a species interact more with each other than with other species?

2. What does Dawkins say that evolution is about?

3. Does Dawkins think memes copy themselves exactly?

4. What type of animal brains does Dawkins say are most successful?

5. What is difficult to explain about honeybees, according to Dawkins' theory?

(see the answer key)

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