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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Animal Origins of Art.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is every reproductive event for a human female filled?
(a) Love.
(b) Fear.
(c) Danger.
(d) Excitement.

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

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

4. What final set of traits is clearly correlated to sexual attractiveness?
(a) Socioeconomic status.
(b) Personality.
(c) Nearly all physical traits.
(d) Religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Can natural selection explain these traits?

2. Why can men supposedly enjoy extra-marital sex with a minimum of consequences?

3. The art produced was determined by professional artists to be what?

4. What does Chapter 2 present?

5. To qualify an object as art, the author suggests that it must fulfill how many qualities?

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