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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 does the author say about primates with small testes?
(a) They are more complaisant.
(b) They mate frequently.
(c) They mate infrequently.
(d) They are more aggressive.

2. What languages dominate the world?
(a) Indo-European derived languages.
(b) European derived languages.
(c) Asian derived languages.
(d) Indonesian derived languages.

3. What is an optimal organism?
(a) One that is balanced because a few maximized parts do not create an optimal organism.
(b) One that has a few maximized parts rather than one that is equally balanced.
(c) One that has a few maximized parts.
(d) One that is balanced and has a few maximized parts.

4. What does the author conclude about art?
(a) It is not found in any species.
(b) It appears to be uniquely human in advanced form.
(c) It appears to be found in an advanced form in a variety of species.
(d) It appears to be uniquely human.

5. In nearly every historic case, what happened to the native people following first contact?
(a) They became more technologically developed.
(b) They suffered dramatically.
(c) They overpower the other culture.
(d) They suffer less.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were many of these scientific studies about extra-marital sexual unions never published?

2. What sexual strategy does the author say individual humans should adopt?

3. One of the most intriguing results of this analysis is the observation of ___________________________.

4. What is generally considered uniquely human?

5. What does one of the most instructive avenues of investigation in human sexual attraction involve?

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