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

2. Why is human sexuality an unusually developed trait for primates?
(a) Humans are monogamous.
(b) Most primates rarely engage in sexual acts.
(c) It is very connected to reproduction.
(d) It is largely divorced from reproduction.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. This view on sexual strategies is completely consistent with what?

3. What strongly reinforces the desire for racially distinct partners?

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

5. What has been learned about this species?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say qualifies as art?

2. How significant is race when picking a partner?

3. With what does the author conclude?

4. What does the author suggest about humans and chimpanzees?

5. What is the significance of human language?

6. What does Charles Darwin realize about some traits possessed by many organisms?

7. What other creatures also practice agriculture, besides humans?

8. What is known about animal vocalizations?

9. By what is the author's biological viewpoint complicated?

10. What is the author's conclusion about art?

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