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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Costa Rican government assume that the aberrant animals are coming from?
(a) The grasslands.
(b) The desert.
(c) The jungle.
(d) The islands.

2. When are the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary discovered?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1993.

3. According to Malcolm, why are humans so interested in the decline of the dinosaur?
(a) It allowed humans to flourish.
(b) It foreshadows human destruction.
(c) It is unexplored territory.
(d) It may be preventable for humans.

4. According to Malcolm's speech, what percentage of animals that have ever lived are now extinct?
(a) 54.8%.
(b) 97.6%.
(c) 87.3%.
(d) 99.9%.

5. What is the profession of the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Biology.
(c) Paleontology.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which island off the Costa Rican coast is leased to InGen?

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?

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

5. When the second helicopter arrives on the Costa Rican beach, what do the second helicopter's occupants do to the carcass?

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