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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, How We Pick Our Mates and Sex Partners.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 different reasons for engaging in it and the putative rationale explaining why men, more than women, enjoy less discriminating extra-marital sexual encounters.
(d) The risks of engaging in this sort of activity.

2. About 200,000 years ago, H. sapiens appears to have diverged into two distinct lineages usually known as what?
(a) Neanderthals.
(b) Homo sapiens.
(c) Homo erectus.
(d) Cro-Magnon man.

3. Why must women be highly selective in extra-marital sexual partners?
(a) They are supported by society.
(b) They risk contracting diseases.
(c) To avoid compromise or disclosure.
(d) To avoid becoming emotionally attached.

4. The author presents a greatly simplified view of the evolutionary process where numerous uncertain elements are noted but dismissed. For what does this allow?
(a) The author to convince the reader to trust his views.
(b) To make evolution seem simple and straightforward.
(c) A fairly straightforward presentation of human evolution in an intelligible and accessible format.
(d) Other scientists to dismiss this author's claims.

5. What does this say about secretive extra-marital sexual unions?
(a) They are in fact exceptionally common among couples who are polygamous.
(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 monogamous.
(d) They are in fact very rare among couples who are polygamous.

Short Answer Questions

1. H. erectus was not the first upright hominid but bears the appellation. Why?

2. Both chimps and humans share what percent of their DNA in common with the gorilla species?

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

4. Ideals of beauty vary ___________________ from culture to culture.

5. When do chimps, humans, and gorillas break off from the remaining higher primates?

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