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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What four categories does Dawkins have in his game theory analysis of male and female sexual and childrearing behaviors?
(a) Coy females, fast females, faithful males, and philandering males.
(b) Accepting females, rejecting females, cooperative males, and uncooperative males.
(c) Coy females, philandering females, demanding males, and unreliable males.
(d) Faithful females, faithless females, faithful males, and faithless males.

2. According to Dawkins' description, what do insect colonies usually consist of?
(a) A large number of offspring descended from a small group of mothers.
(b) A large number of offspring descended from the same mother.
(c) Small, interrelated groups of offspring descended from many mothers.
(d) A communal group of offspring descended from many mothers.

3. In Dawkins' discussion, why do baby birds scream?
(a) To show how hungry they are.
(b) To attract love from the parent.
(c) To warn away aggressors.
(d) To scold sibling birds.

4. What does Wynne-Edwards say happens when other animals communicate to the species that there is overpopulation?
(a) The animals attack others' young.
(b) The animals store extra food.
(c) The animals have fewer young.
(d) The animals claim larger territories.

5. To what does Wynne-Edwards attribute changes to female mice as the population rises?
(a) Natural selection of individuals.
(b) Random variation within groups.
(c) Group selection.
(d) Random variation in individuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dawkins cite Medawar's study to help explain?

2. What is a recessive gene?

3. How does Dawkins postulate that animals judge relatedness?

4. What does Wynne-Edwards believe about territories that animals fight over?

5. What does the study of egg clutch sizes that Dawkins cites show?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dawkins describe female cells versus male cells?

2. What two possible explanations for the behavior of the baby swallow observed by the Spanish researchers does Dawkins present?

3. What examples does Dawkins give of male animals resisting raising offspring that's not their own?

4. How do Trivers and Dawkins differ in their interpretation of males investing energy into offspring before mating?

5. Describe Trivers' observations of striped cleaner fish.

6. What theory about parental suffering for children's success does Dawkins describe?

7. What factors does Dawkins mention that weigh into caring for older versus younger offspring?

8. What does higher PI mean, in R.L. Trivers' ideas?

9. Explain the conflict between Wynne-Edwards and Dawkins over territory behavior.

10. What is Hamilton's explanation of how herds are formed?

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