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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the man who discovers high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary?
(a) George Cuvier.
(b) Luis Alvarez.
(c) Luis Cuvier.
(d) Charles Darwin.

3. Of the majority of animals that are now extinct, what percentage of those animals are accounted for due to mass killings?
(a) 52%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 5%.

4. 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) Chaos in All.
(c) Bioethics and Nature.
(d) Complexity Quarterly.

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

6. When Arby sees a strange looking memo at Levine's apartment, what does Arby realize he is looking at?
(a) Biosyn's blueprints.
(b) Recovered data.
(c) InGen's security system.
(d) Bribes to Costa Rican officials.

7. According to the Introduction, extinction is considered as unremarkable as what?
(a) Thunder following lightning.
(b) Sunshine in the summer.
(c) A dog finding a bone.
(d) A car running out of gas.

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

9. Who does Levine eavesdrop on while waiting for his plan in the San Jose airport?
(a) The military attache.
(b) The Biosyn executive.
(c) The InGen spy.
(d) The helicopter pilot.

10. Who does Malcolm contact to study the sample from the carcass he receives from Levine?
(a) Sarah Harding.
(b) George Baselton.
(c) Elizabeth Gelman.
(d) Ed James.

11. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1768.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1786.

12. In the 1840s, who calls the giant fossils that he finds "Dinosauria"?
(a) Luis Alvarez.
(b) Edward James.
(c) John Ostrom.
(d) Richard Owen.

13. When Kelly goes into Thorne's office to say goodbye, who does she learn will be accompanying Malcolm and Thorne on the trip to Costa Rica?
(a) Beverly Ranson.
(b) Ed James.
(c) Lewis Dodgson.
(d) Sarah Harding.

14. According to Malcolm, what are complex animals able to insulate themselves against?
(a) Environmental changes.
(b) Behavioral changes.
(c) Catastrophic changes.
(d) Miniscule changes.

15. When the second helicopter arrives on the Costa Rican beach, what do the second helicopter's occupants do to the carcass?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Study it.
(c) Dismember it.
(d) Photograph it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ian Malcolm giving his speech regarding extinction and complexity theory?

2. What does InGen do when the company learns of John Hammond's death?

3. Where is the concept of a technomyth developed?

4. What is the profession of the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after the lecture ends?

5. What does "Dinosauria" mean?

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