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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Levine have a reputation for being?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Devious.
(c) Ruthless.
(d) Rude.

3. Who does InGen hire to publicly deny the rumors that surrounded InGen and the Costa Rican island?
(a) George Baselton.
(b) Marty Guitierrez.
(c) Dennis Nedry.
(d) Lewis Dodgson.

4. What have the windows and walls of the research trailer been reinforced with?
(a) The same material used to build supersonic jet fighters.
(b) The same material used on bullet trains.
(c) The same material used to shield submarines.
(d) The same material used on the space shuttle.

5. What does Levine learn about the handling of the carcasses that infuriates him?
(a) The carcasses have all been destroyed.
(b) The carcasses have all been buried.
(c) The carcasses have all been sent to Harvard for study.
(d) The carcasses have all been dismembered.

6. Where is Ian Malcolm giving his speech regarding extinction and complexity theory?
(a) The Life Sciences Institute.
(b) The Santa Fe Institute.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Stanford University.

7. What is the name of the man who, in the 1960s, imagines that dinosaurs are warm-blooded creatures?
(a) John Ostrom.
(b) Richard Owen.
(c) Edward James.
(d) Luis Alvarez.

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

9. According to Malcolm's interpretation, what is located on the island that Levine believes houses Site B?
(a) A swamp.
(b) A volcano.
(c) A river.
(d) A dam.

10. 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?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1993.
(d) 2003.

11. At Levine's apartment, an entire wall has been dedicated to Levine's search for what?
(a) Site B.
(b) Animal X.
(c) Biosyn's spy.
(d) Aberrant creatures.

12. Which island off the Costa Rican coast is leased to a German mining company?
(a) Isla Sorna.
(b) Isla Rica.
(c) Isla Nublar.
(d) Isla Talamanca.

13. Where does James learn that Site B is?
(a) On Isla Talamanca.
(b) On Rojas.
(c) On Isla Sorna.
(d) On Isla Nublar.

14. After Malcolm's lecture ends, who accompanies Malcolm as they walk across the open courtyard?
(a) Richard Levine.
(b) Stanley Erickson.
(c) Sarah Harding.
(d) Alan Grant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the person who first notified Levine of the carcass, where have numerous other carcasses been turning up in Costa Rica?

2. Where is the concept of a technomyth developed?

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

4. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals are currently on the planet?

5. According to Malcolm, what are complex animals able to insulate themselves against?

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