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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, The Second Cloud.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There are undoubted benefits of agriculture that come with what?
(a) Minor drawbacks.
(b) Significant benefits.
(c) Notable drawbacks.
(d) Notable benefits.

2. From what does the author derive clues regarding a species' long-term survival probability?
(a) How fast and strong it is.
(b) How long it takes to develop prior to birth.
(c) How much energy several species invest in self-repair.
(d) How able it is to repair itself.

3. What traits are extremely highly important to sexual attractiveness?
(a) Physical attractiveness and intelligence.
(b) Religion, ethnic background, race, socioeconomic status, age, and political views.
(c) Religion, intelligence, and socioeconomic status.
(d) Socioeconomic status, ethnic background, and appearance.

4. What does the author once again consider regarding extra-marital sex?
(a) The risks of engaging in this sort of activity.
(b) The different reasons for engaging in it and the putative rationale explaining why men, more than women, enjoy less discriminating extra-marital sexual encounters.
(c) The positive results of this type of sex.
(d) The social stigmas attached to extra-marital sex.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first human settlers of New Zealand hunted local large fauna to extinction within how many years?

2. What does the author propose regarding race?

3. What enabled this population explosion?

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

5. Why does a parallel process not exist for men?

(see the answer key)

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