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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. Why can men supposedly enjoy extra-marital sex with a minimum of consequences?
(a) Because they have no risks of contracting diseases.
(b) Because society encourages them to have multiple partners.
(c) Because an impregnated secondary sexual partner can simply be abandoned.
(d) Because they are more dominant.

2. Who are the chimps' closest living relatives?
(a) Humans.
(b) Baboons.
(c) Gorillas.
(d) Apes.

3. Does penis size correspond to frequency of sexual intercourse?
(a) No.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) In some species.
(d) Yes.

4. Recently, molecular data obtained from DNA hybridization suggests what?
(a) Humans and chimpanzees are very closely genetically related.
(b) Humans are not closely related to chimpanzees and gorillas.
(c) Humans are not closely related to gorillas.
(d) Humans, chimpanzees, and gorilla are all very closely genetically related.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This view on sexual strategies is completely consistent with what?

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

3. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"

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

5. What does the author say about any human trait?

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