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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. Why can men supposedly enjoy extra-marital sex with a minimum of consequences?
(a) Because an impregnated secondary sexual partner can simply be abandoned.
(b) Because they have no risks of contracting diseases.
(c) Because they are more dominant.
(d) Because society encourages them to have multiple partners.

2. What is it called when a gazelle sees a lion stalking it and does not run?
(a) Stotting.
(b) Trotting.
(c) Stopping.
(d) Stalking.

3. What do the Green Bank estimates indicate?
(a) Extra-terrestrial life and intelligence is minimal.
(b) Extra-terrestrial life and intelligence should be plentiful.
(c) Extra-terrestrial life and intelligence is rediculous.
(d) Extra-terrestrial life and intelligence is non-existent.

4. What types of behaviors do many animals exhibit?
(a) Behaviors that are detrimental to their enemies.
(b) Behaviors that protect their lives.
(c) Behaviors that seem dangerous.
(d) Behaviors that attract members of the opposite sex.

5. The author then considers the nearly uniquely human feature of female estrus?
(a) It is non-existent.
(b) It is useless.
(c) It is very visible.
(d) It is hidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author once again consider regarding extra-marital sex?

2. H. erectus was not the first upright hominid but bears the appellation. Why?

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

4. Are smoking, drinking, and drug use universal human traits?

5. What does the author propose regarding race?

(see the answer key)

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