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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Configuration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Introduction, extinction is considered as unremarkable as what?
(a) Thunder following lightning.
(b) A dog finding a bone.
(c) A car running out of gas.
(d) Sunshine in the summer.

2. At the time of his speech in August, how old is Malcolm?
(a) 29 years old.
(b) 40 years old.
(c) 53 years old.
(d) 36 years old.

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

4. Malcolm dresses entirely in one color. What color is it?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

5. What does the "T' in K-T boundary stand for?
(a) Testing.
(b) Tertiary.
(c) Triple.
(d) Tyrannosaur.

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. According to Malcolm, what is the characteristic human trait?

3. What does Levine learn about the handling of the carcasses that infuriates him?

4. Where does the person who interrupted Malcolm's lecture with his theory think the object of his theory might be located?

5. What does Malcolm consider the last 50,000 years to be in geological terms?

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