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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. In most primates, sexually receptive females exhibit what?
(a) Hidden estrus.
(b) Aggressive behaviors.
(c) Brightly colored and swollen genitalia.
(d) Certain behaviors.

2. What is considered by most scientists to be uniquely human?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Learning.
(c) Love.
(d) Language.

3. This view on sexual strategies is completely consistent with what?
(a) The standard accepted theory of evolution by means of sexual selection.
(b) The standard accepted view of only a few cultures.
(c) The standard view of most cultures.
(d) The standard accepted theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

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

5. Both chimps and humans share what percent of their DNA in common with the gorilla species?
(a) 97.7.
(b) 92.7.
(c) 87.7.
(d) 90.7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a parallel process not exist for men?

2. How complex is human language?

3. What example does Darwin give to support his theory?

4. With what is every reproductive event for a human female filled?

5. What physical traits tend to be significant for an individual's attraction to someone else?

(see the answer key)

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