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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and The Lost World Hypothesis.

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) 90%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 97%.
(d) 84%.

2. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?
(a) 1786.
(b) 1768.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1867.

3. What is the profession of the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture?
(a) Paleontology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) History.

4. What is the name of the man who discovers high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Luis Alvarez.
(c) George Cuvier.
(d) Luis Cuvier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who first demonstrates that species become extinct?

2. Where are high levels of iridium typically found?

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

4. According to Malcolm's speech, what percentage of animals that have ever lived are now extinct?

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

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