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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after the lecture ends?
(a) History.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) Palentology.

2. According to Malcolm, what is the characteristic human trait?
(a) Sentience.
(b) Desire.
(c) Conformity.
(d) Awareness.

3. What does the "T' in K-T boundary stand for?
(a) Tyrannosaur.
(b) Tertiary.
(c) Testing.
(d) Triple.

4. Where does the Costa Rican government assume that the aberrant animals are coming from?
(a) The grasslands.
(b) The desert.
(c) The jungle.
(d) The islands.

5. Where is the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after his lecture scheduled to return to the next day?
(a) London.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Beirut.
(d) Houston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the American biologist who flies Levine to see the animal carcass?

2. What do complexity theorists term the behavior that is common to all complex systems?

3. According to Malcolm, animals living and dying against a very active background of our planet accounts for what percentage of extinction?

4. 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?

5. While other species in the animal kingdom fight for food, what do humans - in Malcolm's opinion - fight for?

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