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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, In Black and White.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The human penis is largely used for what?
(a) A higher frequency of sexual activity.
(b) Male-male display.
(c) Attracting the female.
(d) Male-female display.

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

3. What does the author conclude about agriculture?
(a) It is essential to human survival.
(b) It is the inferior form of providing food.
(c) It is a mixed blessing practiced by humans.
(d) It is the superior form of providing food.

4. Why do many scientists believe human infants learn language?
(a) Because they speak their own language as infants and toddlers.
(b) Because they possess biological linguistic adaptations.
(c) Because they, like all creatures, have the capacity to understand some vocalizations.
(d) Because they must survive through that language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is today's human population?

2. What does the conventional wisdom suggest about pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer societies?

3. What does this society not show?

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

5. What is generally considered uniquely human?

(see the answer key)

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