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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Evolution of Human Sexuality.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The human penis is largely used for what?
(a) A higher frequency of sexual activity.
(b) Attracting the female.
(c) Male-male display.
(d) Male-female display.

3. There is a strong correlation between sexual size dimorphism and what?
(a) Monogamy.
(b) Polygamy.
(c) Heterosexuality.
(d) Homosexuality.

4. When did a great division in the human lineage occur?
(a) About thirteen millions of years ago.
(b) About three billions of years ago.
(c) About three millions of years ago.
(d) About thirty millions of years ago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say about primates with small testes?

2. About 200,000 years ago, H. sapiens appears to have diverged into two distinct lineages usually known as what?

3. Why is human sexuality an unusually developed trait for primates?

4. Recently, molecular data obtained from DNA hybridization suggests what?

5. The chimp species (Pan troglodytes) shares what percent of its DNA in common with the pygmy chimp species (Pan paniscus)?

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