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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the speech Malcolm is giving regarding extinction and complexity theory?
(a) Life at the Edge of Chaos.
(b) Behavioral Theories in the Cretaceous Period.
(c) Extinction and Life.
(d) The Complexity of Life.

2. According to Malcolm's assessment of the island population, about how many dinosaur species are present on the island?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

3. 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.

4. Who insists on taking the motorcycle and going after Levine?
(a) Carr.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Arby.
(d) Thorne.

5. What is Ian Malcolm's profession?
(a) Astrophysicist.
(b) Scientologist.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Paleobiologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the majority of animals that are now extinct, what percentage of those animals are accounted for due to mass killings?

2. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?

3. What is the name of the man from Biosyn who is searching for the strange animals?

4. Who identifies Levine from a photograph shown by Dodgson and confirms that Levine went to the island a few days earlier?

5. What does the back trailer house?

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