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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. Do all animals that show artistic tendencies satisfy each criterion?
(a) Yes.
(b) In most cases.
(c) In all cases.
(d) No.

2. Why does the author suggest this about an optimal organism?
(a) Humans are simply not likely to experience survival after having a limb severed and thus the expense of maintaining limb-regeneration capability would rob energy and resources from other, more significant, capabilities that are more likely to be needed.
(b) Humans are likely to survive accidents so more energy should be put into child-rearing.
(c) Humans can survive without various body parts, so more energy can go into everyday living.
(d) Humans are equally balanced to survive most incidences.

3. From what does the author derive clues regarding a species' long-term survival probability?
(a) How able it is to repair itself.
(b) How much energy several species invest in self-repair.
(c) How fast and strong it is.
(d) How long it takes to develop prior to birth.

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

5. There is a strong correlation between sexual size dimorphism and what?
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Heterosexuality.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Monogamy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say about the numerous scientific approaches to aging that have been proposed and numerous theories that have been suggested?

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

3. How do adolescent bower bird males learn construction methods and decorative processes?

4. What does Chapter 5 begin by examining?

5. What does the author conclude about a species' long-term survival probability?

(see the answer key)

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