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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Horses, Hittites, and History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"
(a) Due to the media.
(b) Due to childhood imprinting.
(c) Due to genetics.
(d) Due to education.

2. What does one of the most instructive avenues of investigation in human sexual attraction involve?
(a) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from large groups of non-mated humans.
(b) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from large groups of mated humans.
(c) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from small groups of non-mated humans.
(d) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from small groups of mated humans.

3. What languages dominate the world?
(a) European derived languages.
(b) Indo-European derived languages.
(c) Indonesian derived languages.
(d) Asian derived languages.

4. What do these creatures grow?
(a) Fungus gardens.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Flowers and herbs.
(d) Grass.

5. What do paleopathology investigations demonstrate conclusively?
(a) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was superior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(b) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was inferior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(c) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was the same in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(d) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was similar in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other creatures practice a form of agriculture?

2. What other traits are highly connected to sexual attractiveness?

3. Does an analysis of today's few remaining hunter-gatherer societies suggest that the conventional wisdom is correct?

4. Several languages are all derived from a common root language, which is generally referred to as what?

5. What physical traits tend to be significant for an individual's attraction to someone else?

(see the answer key)

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