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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Golden Age That Never Was.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is every reproductive event for a human female filled?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Love.
(c) Danger.
(d) Fear.

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

3. What theory does Darwin offer to explain these traits?
(a) The theory of physical selection.
(b) The theory of sexual selection.
(c) The theory of genetic selection.
(d) The theory of natural selection.

4. What does the author once again consider regarding extra-marital sex?
(a) The positive results of this type of sex.
(b) The social stigmas attached to extra-marital sex.
(c) The risks of engaging in this sort of activity.
(d) The different reasons for engaging in it and the putative rationale explaining why men, more than women, enjoy less discriminating extra-marital sexual encounters.

5. Does an analysis of today's few remaining hunter-gatherer societies suggest that the conventional wisdom is correct?
(a) In some cultures.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Only in certain climates in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what are first contacts usually characterized?

2. What does evidence suggest about how long race has been a characteristic of modern humans?

3. How could one describe the factors involved in the formula?

4. The artistic endeavors of what animals are presented and considered?

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

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