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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. What does the author argue about the life span of humans?
(a) It is longer than most species on Earth.
(b) It should be viewed as a privilege.
(c) It should be viewed as the result of a series of trade-offs whereby an optimal organism is designed given many constraints.
(d) It is too short.
2. How are humans unique regarding child rearing?
(a) They usually have single births.
(b) It is such an unusually lengthy process.
(c) It is a short process compared to other primates.
(d) They can have anywhere from one to eight children at a time.
3. To what did agriculture give rise?
(a) Technology.
(b) Class divisions.
(c) Organizations.
(d) Social settings.
4. What does this society not show?
(a) An interest in hunting and gathering.
(b) Innovation or variability over vast geological areas and enormous time spans.
(c) The inability to think critically.
(d) The lack of innovation once thought.
5. Where is there a disparity regarding adulterous relationships?
(a) Between the religious consequences for men and women engaging in adulterous relationships.
(b) Between the benefits for men and women engaging in these types of relationships.
(c) Between the guilt felt by men and women engaging in these types of relationships.
(d) Between the legal consequences for men and women engaging in adulterous relationships.
Short Answer Questions
1. Do all animals that show artistic tendencies satisfy each criterion?
2. What does the author say about the numerous scientific approaches to aging that have been proposed and numerous theories that have been suggested?
3. What does evidence suggest about how long race has been a characteristic of modern humans?
4. What enabled this population explosion?
5. How is this purely biological viewpoint on sexual encounters enormously complicated?
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