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

2. What two behaviors are of particular interest to the study of evolution?
(a) Adaptation and structure.
(b) Balance and structure.
(c) Extinction and adaptation.
(d) Adaptation and balance.

3. 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) Grasslands.
(d) Ice caps.

4. What is the name of the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture?
(a) Richard Levine.
(b) Alan Grant.
(c) Luis Alvarez.
(d) Sarah Harding.

5. Where is Ian Malcolm giving his speech regarding extinction and complexity theory?
(a) The Santa Fe Institute.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The Life Sciences Institute.
(d) Stanford University.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what school is the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture associated?

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

3. What does Malcolm insist is just a technomyth?

4. When are the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary discovered?

5. After Malcolm's lecture ends, who accompanies Malcolm as they walk across the open courtyard?

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