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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Why Do We Grow Old and Die?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sexual strategy does the author say individual humans should adopt?
(a) One that is monogamous.
(b) One that is the safest.
(c) One that is polygamous.
(d) One that maximizes their individual reproductive success.

2. How does the author believe that humans and chimps should properly be considered to be?
(a) One species in two genera.
(b) Two species in two genera.
(c) One species within a single genus.
(d) Two species within a single genus.

3. What does the author propose regarding race?
(a) It is an insignificant mating preference.
(b) It is a destructive mating preference.
(c) It is a self-sustaining mating preference.
(d) It is not a self-sustaining mating preference.

4. What did Neanderthals apparently master?
(a) Creating the wheel.
(b) Painting.
(c) Language.
(d) Fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How selective are humans across an array of traits?

3. Do most racial traits appear to have any meaningful influence on environmental fitness?

4. What does Chapter 2 present?

5. If a woman continued to deliver children as frequently as possible until death, what would happen to her?

(see the answer key)

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