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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. Why must women be highly selective in extra-marital sexual partners?
(a) To avoid compromise or disclosure.
(b) They are supported by society.
(c) They risk contracting diseases.
(d) To avoid becoming emotionally attached.

2. What was discovered on this expedition?
(a) Thousands of people known as the Canari.
(b) Hundreds of people known as the Dani.
(c) Thousands of people known as the Dani.
(d) Hundreds of people known as the Canari.

3. In what did this population explosion and its enabler result?
(a) The mating of emigrants with native peoples.
(b) A mixture of emigrants and native peoples.
(c) Organized, permanent villages of native peoples.
(d) Massive emigrations and displacements of native peoples.

4. Can natural selection explain these traits?
(a) Frequently.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) No.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is today's human population?

2. What theory does Darwin offer to explain these traits?

3. What kept this group of people isolated for so long?

4. What did the Europeans do to these people?

5. What does research show about those who are of one race and are raised by members of another race?

(see the answer key)

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