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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Accidental Conquerors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Are smoking, drinking, and drug use universal human traits?
(a) No.
(b) Only in Third World countries.
(c) Yes.
(d) Only in the Western world.

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

3. How could one describe the factors involved in the formula?
(a) Incorrect.
(b) Estimated.
(c) Exact.
(d) Objective.

4. How is this purely biological viewpoint on sexual encounters enormously complicated?
(a) By the evolution of a polygamous desire to one that is monogamous.
(b) By numerous asymmetrical social constructions.
(c) By contrasting research results.
(d) By the changes in human desires throughout the centuries.

5. How do adolescent bower bird males learn construction methods and decorative processes?
(a) They teach themselves.
(b) They watch older males.
(c) They watch each other.
(d) They create their own unique bowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are humans unique among primates?

2. When do chimpanzees diverge from pygmy chimpanzees?

3. In what did this population explosion and its enabler result?

4. What is the conclusion of the woodpecker research?

5. Do non-human primates demonstrate any predilection to agricultural practices?

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