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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Sexual Selection, and the Origin of Human Races.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Somewhat less than 100,000 years ago, who replaced the Neanderthals?
(a) Crypton man.
(b) Cro-Magnon man.
(c) Homo erectus.
(d) Homo habilis.

2. What other traits are highly connected to sexual attractiveness?
(a) Measures of personality and measures of intelligence.
(b) Measures of socioeconomic status and measures of intelligence.
(c) Measures of personality and measures of physical attractiveness.
(d) Measures of physical attractiveness.

3. Why can men supposedly enjoy extra-marital sex with a minimum of consequences?
(a) Because an impregnated secondary sexual partner can simply be abandoned.
(b) Because society encourages them to have multiple partners.
(c) Because they are more dominant.
(d) Because they have no risks of contracting diseases.

4. Why are studies of sexual attractiveness in humans difficult to do?
(a) Humans often lie.
(b) Human studies must rely on subjective interviews or careful examination of secondary effects.
(c) Humans are difficult to trust.
(d) Humans do not want to take place in studies.

5. Why is human sexuality an unusually developed trait for primates?
(a) It is very connected to reproduction.
(b) Humans are monogamous.
(c) It is largely divorced from reproduction.
(d) Most primates rarely engage in sexual acts.

Short Answer Questions

1. This view on sexual strategies is completely consistent with what?

2. H. erectus was not the first upright hominid but bears the appellation. Why?

3. What does this society not show?

4. What strongly reinforces the desire for racially distinct partners?

5. What did Neanderthals apparently master?

(see the answer key)

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