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

2. According to the Introduction, extinction is considered as unremarkable as what?
(a) A dog finding a bone.
(b) Thunder following lightning.
(c) A car running out of gas.
(d) Sunshine in the summer.

3. According to Malcolm, why are humans so interested in the decline of the dinosaur?
(a) It allowed humans to flourish.
(b) It may be preventable for humans.
(c) It is unexplored territory.
(d) It foreshadows human destruction.

4. Why can no one present discuss the events that transpired on InGen's Costa Rican island?
(a) InGen used anmesia drugs.
(b) They signed non-disclosure agreements.
(c) Only Malcolm survived.
(d) No one wanted to relive the past.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture?

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

3. What does Malcolm insist is just a technomyth?

4. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?

5. What is the profession of the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after the lecture ends?

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