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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does research show about those who are of one race and are raised by members of another race?

2. What is an optimal organism?

3. What does the author say about primates with large testes?

4. Why does a parallel process not exist for men?

5. What physical traits tend to be significant for an individual's attraction to someone else?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of this chapter?

2. What does the author say about death?

3. What is the conventional wisdom regarding pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer societies? Is this correct?

4. What traits are extremely highly correlated to sexual attractiveness?

5. What are pidgins or creoles?

6. What evidence exists about people who are raised around members of a race different from their own genetic race?

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

8. What are other traits are highly correlated to sexual attractiveness?

9. What is unusual about human sexuality?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book investigates the power of race when choosing a mate.

Part 1) Why is this a controversial investigation? Why is the topic of race very inflammatory?

Part 2) According to the book, how important is race when choosing a mate? Why?

Part 3) Is the power of race as important today as it was a century ago? Why or why not? Does this prove or disprove the author's research? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Genocide is analyzed on an historical level.

Part 1) What is genocide? Why does it take place?

Part 2) What examples does the author give for genocide? How are these examples surprising?

Part 3) Is genocide uniquely human? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Ernst Mayr's biological species concept is used as the de facto biological definition of species.

Part 1) What is Ernst Mayr's biological species concept? Why is it used as the de facto biological definition of species?

Part 2) Is the concept appropriate for defining species? Why or why not?

Part 3) What other information in this text might be viewed as incomplete or incorrect? Why? How does this affect the validity of the book as a whole?

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