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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the author say about the numerous scientific approaches to aging that have been proposed and numerous theories that have been suggested?
(a) They all fall short of providing a suitable holistic answer to the problem.
(b) They are all suitable holistic answers to the problem.
(c) Some provide a suitable holistic answer to the problem.
(d) Only a few are suitable holistic anwers to the problem.

6. 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 within a single genus.
(c) Two species in two genera.
(d) One species in two genera.

7. Eventually A. robustus became extinct and A. africanus gave rise to who?
(a) Homo ergaster.
(b) Homo erectus.
(c) Homo habilis.
(d) Homo sapiens.

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

9. What does evidence suggest about how long race has been a characteristic of modern humans?
(a) A very long time.
(b) A somewhat short time.
(c) A very short time.
(d) A somewhat long time.

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

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

12. Somewhat less than 100,000 years ago, who replaced the Neanderthals?
(a) Homo habilis.
(b) Cro-Magnon man.
(c) Crypton man.
(d) Homo erectus.

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

14. With what is every reproductive event for a human female filled?
(a) Danger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Does penis size correspond to frequency of sexual intercourse?

2. What does the author think of the second criterion?

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

4. How are humans unique regarding child rearing?

5. What did Charles Darwin realize about many organisms' traits?

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