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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What supposition does the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture present to Malcolm and his audience?
(a) The existence of Jurassic Park.
(b) The existence of iridium stores.
(c) The existence of the Lost World.
(d) The existence of cavemen.

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

4. What is another name for chaos theory?
(a) Linear dynamics.
(b) Nonlinear sequences.
(c) Nonlinear dynamics.
(d) Extinction sciences.

5. According to Malcolm, how long do most species survive?
(a) Four thousand years.
(b) Four hundred years.
(c) Four billion years.
(d) Four million years.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Where are high levels of iridium typically found?

4. How long is the animal carcass that Levine studies on the Costa Rican beach?

5. Where is the helicopter flying in order for Levine to view the carcass?

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