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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Alone in a Crowded Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are human females nearly unique among animals?
(a) They carry their children for nine months prior to birth.
(b) They produce live young.
(c) They are assisted by a male when raising children.
(d) In menopause.

2. What does the author argue about the life span of humans?
(a) It is longer than most species on Earth.
(b) It should be viewed as the result of a series of trade-offs whereby an optimal organism is designed given many constraints.
(c) It is too short.
(d) It should be viewed as a privilege.

3. Ideals of beauty vary ___________________ from culture to culture.
(a) Slightly.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) Enormously.

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

5. What is a theoretical pursuit that ponders the likely nature and possible existence of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence?
(a) Extrabiology.
(b) Exobiology.
(c) Terrestriobiology.
(d) ETbiology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is human sexuality an unusually developed trait for primates?

2. Why are studies of sexual attractiveness in humans difficult to do?

3. Why does a parallel process not exist for men?

4. The author then considers the nearly uniquely human feature of female estrus?

5. One of the most intriguing results of this analysis is the observation of ___________________________.

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