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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 better with young children and worse with older children.
(b) Older women are better at making choices between offspring.
(c) Older women are not as good at raising children.
(d) Older women are not good at distinguishing when a child costs too many resources.

2. What does Dawkins describe as "intruder retreat" behavior?
(a) Strangers tend to consider each other intruders and retreat.
(b) Entities tend to retreat from aggressive intruders.
(c) The entity intruding into an unknown situation tends to retreat.
(d) Groups tend to retreat when an intruder is in the area.

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

4. What does Dawkins suggest fooling certain genes into thinking the body is younger might do?
(a) Decrease genetic variation.
(b) Increase reproduction.
(c) Decrease mutation.
(d) Increase lifespan.

5. Which cells in an organism contain the creature's DNA?
(a) Interstitial cells.
(b) Barrier funciton cells.
(c) Paraxial cells.
(d) All of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What process does the existence of Dawkins' imagined early molecules closely resemble?

2. According to Dawkins' book, could memes become part of the brain's structure?

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

4. What hazard does the author identify in killing a rival?

5. Does the author believe that all people should act selfishly?

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