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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chapter 2 present?
(a) A brief overview of chimpanzee evolution.
(b) A brief overview of human evolution.
(c) A detailed description of the first Homo.
(d) A detailed description of Pan.

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

4. How does the author believe that humans and chimps should properly be considered to be?
(a) Two species within a single genus.
(b) One species in two genera.
(c) Two species in two genera.
(d) One species within a single genus.

5. What is the conclusion based on the art criteria?
(a) Only a few animals satisfy the demands of art.
(b) Only humans satisfy the demands of art.
(c) No animals satisfy the demands of art.
(d) Various animals satisfy the demands of art.

6. What is an optimal organism?
(a) One that has a few maximized parts.
(b) One that is balanced because a few maximized parts do not create an optimal organism.
(c) One that has a few maximized parts rather than one that is equally balanced.
(d) One that is balanced and has a few maximized parts.

7. What other traits are highly connected to sexual attractiveness?
(a) Measures of personality and measures of physical attractiveness.
(b) Measures of socioeconomic status and measures of intelligence.
(c) Measures of personality and measures of intelligence.
(d) Measures of physical attractiveness.

8. Why does the author largely reject this belief?
(a) Many animals are capable of learning new information.
(b) Many animals understand each other and other species.
(c) Many animals have the capabilities to love.
(d) Many animals and most mammals use vocalizations; clearly, they convey some sense of meaning.

9. The human penis is largely used for what?
(a) Attracting the female.
(b) A higher frequency of sexual activity.
(c) Male-female display.
(d) Male-male display.

10. How are humans unique among primates?
(a) They perform sexual acts frequently.
(b) They are both social and monogamous.
(c) The are isolated and monogamous.
(d) They are both social and polygamous.

11. Why can men supposedly enjoy extra-marital sex with a minimum of consequences?
(a) Because they have no risks of contracting diseases.
(b) Because society encourages them to have multiple partners.
(c) Because an impregnated secondary sexual partner can simply be abandoned.
(d) Because they are more dominant.

12. What is generally considered uniquely human?
(a) Art.
(b) Language.
(c) Music.
(d) Dance.

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

14. The disparate goals in sexuality between sexes have been extensively investigated where?
(a) In gorillas.
(b) In chimpanzees.
(c) In animal species.
(d) In humans.

15. Why do races tend to remain established and distinct?
(a) Physical selection.
(b) Natural selection.
(c) Genetic selection.
(d) Sexual selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the most intriguing results of this analysis is the observation of ___________________________.

2. What example does Darwin give to support his theory?

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

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

5. What does the author say about the numerous scientific approaches to aging that have been proposed and numerous theories that have been suggested?

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