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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. When do gorillas then separate?
(a) C. 10 millions of years ago.
(b) C. 5 millions of years ago.
(c) C. 15 millions of years ago.
(d) C. 20 millions of years ago.

2. When do chimpanzees diverge from pygmy chimpanzees?
(a) C. 10 millions of years ago.
(b) C. 6 millions of years ago.
(c) C. 5 millions of years ago.
(d) C. 2 millions of years ago.

3. 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.
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

4. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"
(a) Due to childhood imprinting.
(b) Due to education.
(c) Due to the media.
(d) Due to genetics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does the chapter conclude?

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

3. In Chapter 1, to what is the species Homo sapiens compared and contrasted?

4. Where is there a disparity regarding adulterous relationships?

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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