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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Malcolm suggest as the reason for the extinction of complex animals?
(a) Physical changes.
(b) Environmental changes.
(c) Behavior.
(d) Lack of food.

2. Who does Levine eavesdrop on while waiting for his plan in the San Jose airport?
(a) The military attache.
(b) The Biosyn executive.
(c) The helicopter pilot.
(d) The InGen spy.

3. What is the name of the man hired by Biosyn to spy on the people who had been involved with the InGen project?
(a) Doc Thorne.
(b) George Baselton.
(c) Lewis Dodgson.
(d) Ed James.

4. Where are high levels of iridium typically found?
(a) Moon rock.
(b) Desert.
(c) Meteors.
(d) Soil.

5. According to Malcolm's speech, what percentage of animals that have ever lived are now extinct?
(a) 97.6%.
(b) 87.3%.
(c) 99.9%.
(d) 54.8%.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals have existed on the planet since life began?

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

3. According to the person who first notified Levine of the carcass, where have numerous other carcasses been turning up in Costa Rica?

4. Where does the person who interrupted Malcolm's lecture with his theory think the object of his theory might be located?

5. At the time of his speech in August, how old is Malcolm?

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