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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. What supposition does the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture present to Malcolm and his audience?
(a) The existence of Jurassic Park.
(b) The existence of iridium stores.
(c) The existence of the Lost World.
(d) The existence of cavemen.

2. What does Malcolm insist is just a technomyth?
(a) InGen's dinosaurs.
(b) Costa Rican aberrant animals.
(c) Conspiracies.
(d) Biosyn's espionage.

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

4. According to Malcolm, how long do most species survive?
(a) Four billion years.
(b) Four hundred years.
(c) Four million years.
(d) Four thousand years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Malcolm, why are humans so interested in the decline of the dinosaur?

2. According to Malcolm, what are complex animals able to insulate themselves against?

3. Who first set forth the theory of evolution?

4. What does Malcolm suggest as the reason for the extinction of complex animals?

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

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