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PurposeThis quiz is designed to test student knowledge of Darwin’s The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Chapters VIII and XIX. This quiz is only about,Chapter VIII: Principles of Sexual Selection, pp. 252 – 279Chapter XIX: Secondary Sexual Characteristics of Man, pp. 316 – 330Quiz DetailsThis quiz consists of 10 multiple-choice questions.The quiz is open book/notes.Students may take the quiz once and view all questions at the same timeChapter VIII: Principles of Sexual Selectionp. 253 – p. 254, top paragraphAccording to Darwin (and Hunter), what is the difference between primary and secondary sexual characteristics?p. 254, bottom of full paragraphWhat are the examples of sexual differences that the chapter is concerned with?p. 256, top of full paragraphWhat is sexual selection all about? What is the advantage according to which it selects exclusively?p. 257, bottom paragraph – p. 258, topWhat are the structures and instincts in males that have developed through sexual selection?p. 259, middle paragraphWhat kind of struggle exists among males in almost all animal species?p. 260, bottom paragraph – p.261 topWhat does Darwin characterize as difficult to understand?p. 263 – p. 265, bottomYou can skip the part about ‘Numerical Proportions of the Two Sexes’p. 265, bottomWhat is ‘polygamy’? You don’t have to read through all the examples Darwin provides.p. 271, bottom – p.272, topWhy does Darwin think that males are generally

more modified in their species than females?According to Darwin, whom do the females in a species tend to resemble?What does he give as explanation for this?p. 273, top paragraphHow does Darwin characterize the female?What does the female often exert, despite being comparatively passive?Chapter XIX: Secondary Sexual Characteristics of Manp. 316 – p. 317, topDarwin observes that in mankind (i.e., the human species), differences between the sexes parallel differences between the sexes in Quadrumana (Latin = ‘those with four hands,’ i.e., monkeys), but that in the human species, such differences tend to be more pronounced.What are the differences between males and females in Quadrumana that he suggests also exist between man and woman?p. 326‘Differences in the Mental Powers of the two Sexes’What is the point Darwin is making in comparing bulls and cows, wild-boars and sows, stallions and mares, and male apes and female apes?‘Keepers of menagerie’ is an outdated term for ‘zookeepers’.How does woman differ from man in mental disposition?What, specifically, are the qualities Darwin mentions?When does woman display these qualities to an eminent degree?How is man characterized?p. 326 bottom – p. 327 topAccording to Darwin, what are the powers of woman characteristic of?p. 327, first full paragraphWhat are the intellectual powers that Darwin claims are possessed to a higher degree by man than woman?What is the evidence he points to in support of this claim?