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

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

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

4. According to Malcolm, animals living and dying against a very active background of our planet accounts for what percentage of extinction?
(a) 90%.
(b) 97%.
(c) 84%.
(d) 75%.

5. What does the "K" in K-T boundary stand for?
(a) Curier.
(b) Complex.
(c) Kelvin.
(d) Cretaceous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malcolm insist is just a technomyth?

2. At the time of his speech in August, how old is Malcolm?

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

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

5. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals are currently on the planet?

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