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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. What final set of traits is clearly correlated to sexual attractiveness?
(a) Nearly all physical traits.
(b) Religion.
(c) Socioeconomic status.
(d) Personality.

2. What does this society not show?
(a) The lack of innovation once thought.
(b) Innovation or variability over vast geological areas and enormous time spans.
(c) The inability to think critically.
(d) An interest in hunting and gathering.

3. In most primates, sexually receptive females exhibit what?
(a) Certain behaviors.
(b) Brightly colored and swollen genitalia.
(c) Aggressive behaviors.
(d) Hidden estrus.

4. What does this say about secretive extra-marital sexual unions?
(a) They are in fact very rare among couples who are monogamous.
(b) They are in fact exceptionally common among couples who self-identify as exclusively monogamous.
(c) They are in fact very rare among couples who are polygamous.
(d) They are in fact exceptionally common among couples who are polygamous.

5. What does the author propose regarding race?
(a) It is not a self-sustaining mating preference.
(b) It is a self-sustaining mating preference.
(c) It is a destructive mating preference.
(d) It is an insignificant mating preference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say about any human trait?

2. The disparate goals in sexuality between sexes have been extensively investigated where?

3. What is the size ratio between a male and female in monogamous species?

4. What does research show about those who are of one race and are raised by members of another race?

5. What example does Darwin give to support his theory?

(see the answer key)

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