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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the concept of a technomyth developed?
(a) At Berkeley.
(b) At Harvard.
(c) At Duke.
(d) At Princeton.

2. According to the Biosyn spy, where is Dr. Grant now working?
(a) At Montana State.
(b) At Duke.
(c) At Berkeley.
(d) At Utah State.

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

4. What do complexity theorists term the behavior that is common to all complex systems?
(a) Supportive iterations.
(b) Self-defeating.
(c) Didactic.
(d) Self-organizing.

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

6. What is the name of Thorne's foreman?
(a) Eddie James.
(b) Ed Dodgson.
(c) Charles Ramsey.
(d) Eddie Carr.

7. Before receiving the call regarding the animal carcass in Costa Rica, where is Levine working?
(a) In the Saharan Desert.
(b) In Nairobi.
(c) In the Gobi Desert.
(d) In Cairo.

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

9. When are the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary discovered?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1987.
(d) 2001.

10. According to the person who first notified Levine of the carcass, what does the Costa Rican government suspect the aberrant animals are the cause of?
(a) An unusual strain of encephalitis.
(b) An unusually high number of missing pets.
(c) An unusually high number of missing children.
(d) An unusual strain of cancer.

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

12. According to Malcolm, how long do most mammals survive?
(a) Seven million years.
(b) Four million years.
(c) One million years.
(d) Ten million years.

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

14. What is the name of the man hired by Biosyn to spy on the people who had been involved with the InGen project?
(a) George Baselton.
(b) Doc Thorne.
(c) Lewis Dodgson.
(d) Ed James.

15. What does the "K" in K-T boundary stand for?
(a) Complex.
(b) Curier.
(c) Kelvin.
(d) Cretaceous.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Malcolm, what is the characteristic human trait?

2. Why can no one present discuss the events that transpired on InGen's Costa Rican island?

3. What is the title of the speech Malcolm is giving regarding extinction and complexity theory?

4. What is the name of the man who first demonstrates that species become extinct?

5. According to Malcolm, why are humans so interested in the decline of the dinosaur?

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