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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. One of the most intriguing results of this analysis is the observation of ___________________________.
(a) Correlation components.
(b) Coronation coefficients.
(c) Coronation components.
(d) Correlation coefficients.

2. Does drug abuse cross all social and cultural boundaries?
(a) Only Western cultures.
(b) Only in Third World countries.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

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

4. Why is human sexuality an unusually developed trait for primates?
(a) Most primates rarely engage in sexual acts.
(b) It is largely divorced from reproduction.
(c) Humans are monogamous.
(d) It is very connected to reproduction.

5. What does the author state about the gap between animal vocalizations and human language?
(a) It is not as great as is commonly believed.
(b) There is hardly a gap.
(c) It is greater than once commonly believed.
(d) It is a large gap.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does the author derive clues regarding a species' long-term survival probability?

2. What is considered by most scientists to be uniquely human?

3. By what are first contacts usually characterized?

4. Somewhat less than 100,000 years ago, who replaced the Neanderthals?

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

(see the answer key)

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