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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does an analysis of today's few remaining hunter-gatherer societies suggest that the conventional wisdom is correct?
(a) Only in certain climates in the world.
(b) In some cultures.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

2. Is the first criterion uniquely human?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) In some cases.
(d) Maybe.

3. What does research show about those who are of one race and are raised by members of another race?
(a) They are not attracted to anyone of either race.
(b) They are attracted to the race in which they were raised.
(c) They are attracted to those of their own race.
(d) They are attracted to those of either race.

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

5. Who are the chimps' closest living relatives?
(a) Gorillas.
(b) Apes.
(c) Humans.
(d) Baboons.

6. What does Chapter 5 begin by examining?
(a) Monogamous relationships.
(b) Some primate methods of mate selection.
(c) Some human methods of mate selection.
(d) Some animal methods of mate selection.

7. What is considered by most scientists to be uniquely human?
(a) Learning.
(b) Love.
(c) Language.
(d) Understanding.

8. H. erectus was not the first upright hominid but bears the appellation. Why?
(a) Because it is the tallest of all hominids.
(b) Because it is the easiest to identify of all hominids.
(c) Because it was the most upright of all the hominids.
(d) Because it was the first upright hominid discovered.

9. What does the author conclude about a species' long-term survival probability?
(a) Shorter-lived species put more energy into self-repair and less energy into reproduction over a given time period, thus optimizing their long-term survival probability.
(b) Longer-lived species put more energy into self-repair and less energy into reproduction over a given time period, thus optimizing their long-term survival probability.
(c) Longer-lived species put less energy into self-repair and more energy into reproduction over a given time period, thus optimizing their long-term survival probability.
(d) Shorter-lived species put more energy into self-repair and reproduction over a given time period, thus optimizing their long-term survival probability.

10. What do paleopathology investigations demonstrate conclusively?
(a) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was superior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(b) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was the same in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(c) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was similar in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.
(d) The health of the average pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer human was inferior in nearly all respects to the health of an average early agricultural human.

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

12. In Chapter 1, to what is the species Homo sapiens compared and contrasted?
(a) Tan proglodytes.
(b) Tan propyldytes.
(c) Pan tropyldytes
(d) Pan troglodytes.

13. What did Neanderthals apparently master?
(a) Language.
(b) Fire.
(c) Creating the wheel.
(d) Painting.

14. What does the fact that the many vocalizations among groups of the same species vary significantly from group to group indicate?
(a) They are a learned suite of sounds.
(b) They are sounds known at birth.
(c) They are sounds learned only in adulthood.
(d) They are not the same language.

15. What does the author state about the gap between animal vocalizations and human language?
(a) There is hardly a gap.
(b) It is greater than once commonly believed.
(c) It is not as great as is commonly believed.
(d) It is a large gap.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a woman continued to deliver children as frequently as possible until death, what would happen to her?

2. When do gorillas then separate?

3. The author then considers the nearly uniquely human feature of female estrus?

4. From what does the author derive clues regarding a species' long-term survival probability?

5. When do humans separate?

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