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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the concept of a technomyth developed?
(a) At Duke.
(b) At Harvard.
(c) At Princeton.
(d) At Berkeley.

2. What does Levine have a reputation for being?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Ruthless.
(c) Devious.
(d) Rude.

3. According to Malcolm, how long do most mammals survive?
(a) Ten million years.
(b) Seven million years.
(c) Four million years.
(d) One million years.

4. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?
(a) 1768.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1786.

5. What is the name of the man hired by Biosyn to help the company clean up its image?
(a) Dennis Nedry.
(b) Lewis Dodgson.
(c) George Baselton.
(d) Marty Guitierrez.

Short Answer Questions

1. What supposition does the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture present to Malcolm and his audience?

2. According to Malcolm, what are complex animals able to insulate themselves against?

3. When Malcolm explains how active our planet is, which of the planet's features does he describe as being relatively new?

4. What is the name of the American biologist who flies Levine to see the animal carcass?

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

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