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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before receiving the call regarding the animal carcass in Costa Rica, where is Levine working?
(a) In Cairo.
(b) In the Gobi Desert.
(c) In Nairobi.
(d) In the Saharan Desert.

2. What invention makes complexity theory possible?
(a) Computers.
(b) The internet.
(c) Text messaging.
(d) Video recorders.

3. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals are currently on the planet?
(a) 30 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 70 million.

4. When is the infamous trip to Costa Rica actually made by Malcolm and the others for InGen?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1994.

5. What is the name of the man from Biosyn who is searching for the strange animals?
(a) George Baselton.
(b) Lewis Dodgson.
(c) Marty Guitierrez.
(d) Dennis Nedry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Costa Rican government assume that the aberrant animals are coming from?

2. When Malcolm explains how active our planet is, which of the planet's features does he describe as being relatively new?

3. With what school is the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture associated?

4. What does the "K" in K-T boundary stand for?

5. According to the story, in what year does Ian Malcolm give a speech in which he states that complex animals die out because of their behavior?

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