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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Configuration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Malcolm, animals living and dying against a very active background of our planet accounts for what percentage of extinction?
(a) 75%.
(b) 84%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 97%.

2. When Arby spots Levine on the monitors, what is Levine using to move around the island?
(a) A horse.
(b) A scooter.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A motorcycle.

3. What is the name of the man who first demonstrates that species become extinct?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Ian Malcolm.
(c) George Cuvier.
(d) Luis Alvarez.

4. What does Levine learn about the handling of the carcasses that infuriates him?
(a) The carcasses have all been buried.
(b) The carcasses have all been sent to Harvard for study.
(c) The carcasses have all been dismembered.
(d) The carcasses have all been destroyed.

5. According to the person who first notified Levine of the carcass, where have numerous other carcasses been turning up in Costa Rica?
(a) Near a small village.
(b) Near the town dump.
(c) Near a soybean farm.
(d) Near a mining facility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "T' in K-T boundary stand for?

2. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals are currently on the planet?

3. What is the name of the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture?

4. How much of Biosyn's money has Dodgson lost in his corporate espionage attempts?

5. In the 1840s, who calls the giant fossils that he finds "Dinosauria"?

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