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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Malcolm suggest as the reason for the extinction of complex animals?
(a) Physical changes.
(b) Lack of food.
(c) Environmental changes.
(d) Behavior.

2. 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 small village.
(b) Near a soybean farm.
(c) Near a mining facility.
(d) Near the town dump.

3. As Malcolm and Thorne make their way to the high hide in response to Levine's radio call, Arby radios the two men to turn on their dashboard security monitor. What has Arby seen?
(a) A Tyrannosaurus rex.
(b) A pack of raptors.
(c) Sarah Harding.
(d) Lewis Dodgson.

4. What is the name of the American biologist who flies Levine to see the animal carcass?
(a) Lewis Dodgson.
(b) Marty Guitierrez.
(c) Dennis Nedry.
(d) George Baselton.

5. People claiming to be press photographers entered and photographed Malcolm's office. What journal do the photographers claim to be from?
(a) Bioethics and Nature.
(b) Complexity Quarterly.
(c) Chaos Quarterly.
(d) Chaos in All.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do complexity theorists term the behavior that is common to all complex systems?

2. Malcolm dresses entirely in one color. What color is it?

3. According to Malcolm's speech, what percentage of animals that have ever lived are now extinct?

4. What does Levine's rescuer find as he goes after Levine?

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

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