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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 does Malcolm consider the last 50,000 years to be in geological terms?
(a) The slowest period of extinction ever.
(b) The blink of an eye.
(c) The dawning of a new era.
(d) The most dramatic period of extinction ever.

2. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals have existed on the planet since life began?
(a) 10 billion.
(b) 70 billion.
(c) 30 billion.
(d) 50 billion.

3. What do complexity theorists term the behavior that is common to all complex systems?
(a) Supportive iterations.
(b) Self-organizing.
(c) Didactic.
(d) Self-defeating.

4. When are the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary discovered?
(a) 1980.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1987.

5. When Malcolm explains how active our planet is, which of the planet's features does he describe as being relatively new?
(a) Rain forests.
(b) Deserts.
(c) Ice caps.
(d) Grasslands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the concept of a technomyth developed?

2. Where is the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after his lecture scheduled to return to the next day?

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

4. When is the infamous trip to Costa Rica actually made by Malcolm and the others for InGen?

5. What supposition does the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture present to Malcolm and his audience?

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