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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. How selective are humans across an array of traits?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Minimally.
(c) Slightly.
(d) Highly.

2. Why is human sexuality an unusually developed trait for primates?
(a) It is very connected to reproduction.
(b) It is largely divorced from reproduction.
(c) Humans are monogamous.
(d) Most primates rarely engage in sexual acts.

3. What does this say about secretive extra-marital sexual unions?
(a) They are in fact exceptionally common among couples who self-identify as exclusively monogamous.
(b) They are in fact very rare among couples who are polygamous.
(c) They are in fact exceptionally common among couples who are polygamous.
(d) They are in fact very rare among couples who are monogamous.

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

5. What does Chapter 5 begin by examining?
(a) Some animal methods of mate selection.
(b) Some human methods of mate selection.
(c) Some primate methods of mate selection.
(d) Monogamous relationships.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The disparate goals in sexuality between sexes have been extensively investigated where?

3. What other traits are highly connected to sexual attractiveness?

4. When did a great division in the human lineage occur?

5. Several scientifically rigorous genetic investigations of large populations conclusively demonstrate that roughly ______ percent of human children are not the genetic children of the male parent whom assumes genetic relatedness.

(see the answer key)

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