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

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

3. Where is the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after his lecture scheduled to return to the next day?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) London.
(d) Houston.

4. What is the profession of the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after the lecture ends?
(a) History.
(b) Palentology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Chemistry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ian Malcolm's profession?

2. What does the "T' in K-T boundary stand for?

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

4. According to Malcolm, how long do most mammals survive?

5. What does the "K" in K-T boundary stand for?

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