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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Do non-human primates demonstrate any predilection to agricultural practices?
(a) No.
(b) Only chimpanzees.
(c) Some.
(d) Yes.

3. What have a few captive gorillas and chimpanzees been taught to do?
(a) Speak a human language.
(b) Read.
(c) Sing.
(d) Use various non-vocal systems to communicate with sign or symbol languages.

4. What does this say about secretive extra-marital sexual unions?
(a) They are in fact exceptionally common among couples who are polygamous.
(b) They are in fact exceptionally common among couples who self-identify as exclusively monogamous.
(c) They are in fact very rare among couples who are polygamous.
(d) They are in fact very rare among couples who are monogamous.

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

6. 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.

7. What example does Darwin give to support his theory?
(a) The fur on a horse.
(b) The taile on a donkey.
(c) The eyes of a cat.
(d) The tail of the male peacock.

8. Why does the author reason "like marries like?"
(a) Due to genetics.
(b) Due to the media.
(c) Due to education.
(d) Due to childhood imprinting.

9. Is agriculture the golden solution for human survival?
(a) Only in the United States.
(b) In some cultures.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

10. To qualify an object as art, the author suggests that it must fulfill how many qualities?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

11. What do these creatures grow?
(a) Weeds.
(b) Fungus gardens.
(c) Grass.
(d) Flowers and herbs.

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

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

14. What does the author conclude about art?
(a) It appears to be found in an advanced form in a variety of species.
(b) It is not found in any species.
(c) It appears to be uniquely human in advanced form.
(d) It appears to be uniquely human.

15. When do various physical illnesses and social disease arise?
(a) When food is scarce.
(b) With the hunting to extinction of large species by the hunter-gatherer societies.
(c) When various groups converge.
(d) With the advent of agriculture and rising population densities.

Short Answer Questions

1. The art produced was determined by professional artists to be what?

2. Why are studies of sexual attractiveness in humans difficult to do?

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

4. There are undoubted benefits of agriculture that come with what?

5. Why can men supposedly enjoy extra-marital sex with a minimum of consequences?

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