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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are high levels of iridium typically found?
(a) Meteors.
(b) Desert.
(c) Moon rock.
(d) Soil.

2. What two behaviors are of particular interest to the study of evolution?
(a) Extinction and adaptation.
(b) Adaptation and structure.
(c) Adaptation and balance.
(d) Balance and structure.

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

4. According to the person who first notified Levine of the carcass, where have numerous other carcasses been turning up in Costa Rica?
(a) Near a soybean farm.
(b) Near a mining facility.
(c) Near the town dump.
(d) Near a small village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dodgson clear the dinosaur nests of adults so the other men can steal the dinosaur eggs?

2. What does Malcolm suggest as the reason for the extinction of complex animals?

3. Who first set forth the theory of evolution?

4. What is the name of the man hired by Biosyn to help the company clean up its image?

5. In the 1840s, who calls the giant fossils that he finds "Dinosauria"?

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