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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after the lecture ends?
(a) Palentology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) History.

2. What is the name of the man who first demonstrates that species become extinct?
(a) Luis Alvarez.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) George Cuvier.
(d) Ian Malcolm.

3. Levine is interested in the islands off the Costa Rican coast. Which island houses a Club Med resort?
(a) Isla Talamanca.
(b) Isla Sorna.
(c) Isla Rica.
(d) Isla Nublar.

4. Dodgson tells the head of Biosyn that there could be a lucrative market in selling dinosaurs. To whom does Dodgson suggest selling them?
(a) Hunters.
(b) Zoos.
(c) Enthusiasts.
(d) Universities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which island off the Costa Rican coast is leased to a German mining company?

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

3. What is the name of the man hired by Biosyn to spy on the people who had been involved with the InGen project?

4. Where is the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after his lecture scheduled to return to the next day?

5. Before receiving the call regarding the animal carcass in Costa Rica, where is Levine working?

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