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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chimp species (Pan troglodytes) shares what percent of its DNA in common with the pygmy chimp species (Pan paniscus)?
(a) 95.3.
(b) 99.3.
(c) 90.3.
(d) 89.3.

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

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

4. What primates are monogamous and solitary?
(a) Apes.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Gorillas.
(d) Chimpanzees.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the author believe that humans and chimps should properly be considered to be?

3. Is extra-marital sex approached differently by men than by women?

4. How complex is human language?

5. Is the third art criterion uniquely human?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has research discovered about the percentage of children who are not raised by their biological fathers?

2. What does the author conclude about human sexual strategies?

3. How is the third criterion not uniquely human?

4. What do most scientists think about language? How does this author's view differ from other's views?

5. What is known about animal vocalizations?

6. What is an optimal organism?

7. What is evident about the human race?

8. What does the author say about chimps and humans, regarding their DNA?

9. What is the correlation between the sizes of the male and females of species?

10. What is the significance of hidden estrus?

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