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

2. Where are high levels of iridium typically found?
(a) Meteors.
(b) Soil.
(c) Desert.
(d) Moon rock.

3. Who does InGen hire to publicly deny the rumors that surrounded InGen and the Costa Rican island?
(a) Dennis Nedry.
(b) Lewis Dodgson.
(c) Marty Guitierrez.
(d) George Baselton.

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

5. With what school is the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture associated?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Malcolm, animals living and dying against a very active background of our planet accounts for what percentage of extinction?

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

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

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

5. What is Ian Malcolm's profession?

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