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

2. Can natural selection explain these traits?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Frequently.
(d) No.

3. How are humans unique regarding child rearing?
(a) They can have anywhere from one to eight children at a time.
(b) They usually have single births.
(c) It is a short process compared to other primates.
(d) It is such an unusually lengthy process.

4. By what do many suggest that today's societal ills could be eliminated?
(a) A return to a fondly remembered era of peace and environmental purity.
(b) Enjoy the present, since there is not much hope in the future.
(c) Look to the past as a way to learn from previous mistakes.
(d) Working toward a better future and an era of peace and environmental purity.

5. What enabled this population explosion?
(a) Better technology.
(b) More animals to hunt.
(c) Milder weather.
(d) Agriculture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an optimal organism?

2. What traits are extremely highly important to sexual attractiveness?

3. When was agriculture first being practiced?

4. Do non-human primates demonstrate any predilection to agricultural practices?

5. What have a few captive gorillas and chimpanzees been taught to do?

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