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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the most intriguing results of this analysis is the observation of ___________________________.
(a) Correlation components.
(b) Coronation components.
(c) Correlation coefficients.
(d) Coronation coefficients.

2. What is the size ratio between a male and female in monogamous species?
(a) The male is usually larger than the female.
(b) They are usually the same size.
(c) The female is usually larger than the male.
(d) The size is not of importance.

3. What does the author propose regarding race?
(a) It is a destructive mating preference.
(b) It is a self-sustaining mating preference.
(c) It is an insignificant mating preference.
(d) It is not a self-sustaining mating preference.

4. What does the author say about primates with small testes?
(a) They are more aggressive.
(b) They mate infrequently.
(c) They mate frequently.
(d) They are more complaisant.

5. Is the third art criterion uniquely human?
(a) In some cases.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

6. What does the conventional wisdom suggest about pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer societies?
(a) They were quite sophisticated with intelligent and powerful individuals.
(b) They were unique according to location and climate.
(c) They were crude organizations where individuals lived short, brutish, and violent lives.
(d) They were simple but filled with intelligence.

7. What does one of the most instructive avenues of investigation in human sexual attraction involve?
(a) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from small groups of mated humans.
(b) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from small groups of non-mated humans.
(c) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from large groups of non-mated humans.
(d) Performing statistical analysis on observable measurements taken from large groups of mated humans.

8. Recently, molecular data obtained from DNA hybridization suggests what?
(a) Humans, chimpanzees, and gorilla are all very closely genetically related.
(b) Humans and chimpanzees are very closely genetically related.
(c) Humans are not closely related to gorillas.
(d) Humans are not closely related to chimpanzees and gorillas.

9. How do adolescent bower bird males learn construction methods and decorative processes?
(a) They teach themselves.
(b) They watch each other.
(c) They watch older males.
(d) They create their own unique bowers.

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

11. What has been learned about this species?
(a) They use at least twenty distinct sounds to convey specific meanings.
(b) They use at least ten distinct sounds to convey specific meanings.
(c) They use at least five distinct sounds to convey specific meanings.
(d) They use at least fifteen distinct sounds to convey specific meanings.

12. The author then considers the nearly uniquely human feature of female estrus?
(a) It is hidden.
(b) It is very visible.
(c) It is useless.
(d) It is non-existent.

13. The art produced was determined by professional artists to be what?
(a) Of high artistic value.
(b) Low art.
(c) Nonsense.
(d) Useless.

14. With what does the chapter conclude?
(a) An ethical discussion about the implications of classifying chimps as Homo.
(b) Why chimps should not be classified as Homo.
(c) A discussion about the similarities between humans and chimps.
(d) The differences between humans and chimps.

15. Do most racial traits appear to have any meaningful influence on environmental fitness?
(a) Some.
(b) Yes.
(c) Maybe.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do many scientists believe human infants learn language?

2. Why must women be highly selective in extra-marital sexual partners?

3. Is agriculture the golden solution for human survival?

4. Several scientifically rigorous genetic investigations of large populations conclusively demonstrate that roughly ______ percent of human children are not the genetic children of the male parent whom assumes genetic relatedness.

5. How selective are humans across an array of traits?

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