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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 primates are monogamous and solitary?
(a) Gorillas.
(b) Chimpanzees.
(c) Gibbons.
(d) Apes.

2. What does the author conclude about art?
(a) It appears to be found in an advanced form in a variety of species.
(b) It appears to be uniquely human.
(c) It appears to be uniquely human in advanced form.
(d) It is not found in any species.

3. Why does a parallel process not exist for men?
(a) Being able to constantly reproduce is important for males.
(b) Reproduction is not dangerous for men.
(c) Reproduction is not as important to men.
(d) Reproduction is a duty for men.

4. 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 a privilege.
(c) It should be viewed as the result of a series of trade-offs whereby an optimal organism is designed given many constraints.
(d) It is too short.

5. What is the conclusion of the woodpecker research?
(a) All woodpeckers are descended from several ancestral species.
(b) All woodpeckers are descended from a common ancestral species.
(c) All woodpeckers are descended from two ancestral species.
(d) Some woodpeckers are descended from a common ancestral species.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to all animals?

2. What do the Green Bank estimates indicate?

3. What final set of traits is clearly correlated to sexual attractiveness?

4. The art produced was determined by professional artists to be what?

5. What is a theoretical pursuit that ponders the likely nature and possible existence of extra-terrestrial life and intelligence?

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