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

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

3. According to the story, in what year does Ian Malcolm give a speech in which he states that complex animals die out because of their behavior?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1987.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1993.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for chaos theory?

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

3. What does Malcolm suggest as the reason for the extinction of complex animals?

4. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals have existed on the planet since life began?

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

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