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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. After Malcolm's lecture ends, who accompanies Malcolm as they walk across the open courtyard?
(a) Stanley Erickson.
(b) Alan Grant.
(c) Sarah Harding.
(d) Richard Levine.

2. Who first set forth the theory of evolution?
(a) Luis Alvarez.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Luis Cuvier.
(d) George Cuvier.

3. 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%.

4. When is the infamous trip to Costa Rica actually made by Malcolm and the others for InGen?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1994.

5. What is the name of the man who first demonstrates that species become extinct?
(a) Luis Alvarez.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) George Cuvier.
(d) Ian Malcolm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of the majority of animals that are now extinct, what percentage of those animals are accounted for due to mass killings?

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

4. How long has Malcolm been denying speculation regarding the InGen story?

5. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?

(see the answer key)

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