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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. What is an optimal organism?
(a) One that has a few maximized parts.
(b) One that is balanced because a few maximized parts do not create an optimal organism.
(c) One that is balanced and has a few maximized parts.
(d) One that has a few maximized parts rather than one that is equally balanced.

2. What does Chapter 5 begin by examining?
(a) Some primate methods of mate selection.
(b) Some human methods of mate selection.
(c) Monogamous relationships.
(d) Some animal methods of mate selection.

3. Is the third art criterion uniquely human?
(a) No.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Yes.
(d) In some cases.

4. What is the size ratio between a male and female in monogamous species?
(a) The female is usually larger than the male.
(b) The male is usually larger than the female.
(c) They are usually the same size.
(d) The size is not of importance.

5. How are humans unique among primates?
(a) The are isolated and monogamous.
(b) They perform sexual acts frequently.
(c) They are both social and monogamous.
(d) They are both social and polygamous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is the first criterion uniquely human?

2. To what is the pair bonding found among humans probably due?

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

4. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"

5. What is the Green Bank formula?

(see the answer key)

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