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

2. Why are studies of sexual attractiveness in humans difficult to do?
(a) Humans often lie.
(b) Humans do not want to take place in studies.
(c) Humans are difficult to trust.
(d) Human studies must rely on subjective interviews or careful examination of secondary effects.

3. How are the most rudimentary human languages termed?
(a) As pigeons and croles.
(b) As pidgins or creoles.
(c) As piggins and creeles.
(d) As podgkins and crocoles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How could one describe the factors involved in the formula?

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

3. What other creatures practice a form of agriculture?

4. What does one of the most instructive avenues of investigation in human sexual attraction involve?

5. Can natural selection explain these traits?

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