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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. Somewhat less than 100,000 years ago, who replaced the Neanderthals?
(a) Crypton man.
(b) Homo erectus.
(c) Cro-Magnon man.
(d) Homo habilis.

2. What is an optimal organism?
(a) One that has a few maximized parts rather than one that is equally balanced.
(b) One that is balanced because a few maximized parts do not create an optimal organism.
(c) One that has a few maximized parts.
(d) One that is balanced and has a few maximized parts.

3. Why were many of these scientific studies about extra-marital sexual unions never published?
(a) Because their conclusions were deemed too inflammatory.
(b) Because they were incorrect.
(c) Because they were incomplete.
(d) Because they were inconclusive.

4. What happens to all animals?
(a) They care for one another.
(b) They survive.
(c) They mate.
(d) They age and eventually die.

5. What does research show about those who are of one race and are raised by members of another race?
(a) They are attracted to those of their own race.
(b) They are attracted to the race in which they were raised.
(c) They are not attracted to anyone of either race.
(d) They are attracted to those of either race.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author believe that humans and chimps should properly be considered to be?

2. Can natural selection explain these traits?

3. What does this say about secretive extra-marital sexual unions?

4. What does this society not show?

5. Why is human sexuality an unusually developed trait for primates?

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