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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 Thorne's foreman?
(a) Eddie Carr.
(b) Ed Dodgson.
(c) Eddie James.
(d) Charles Ramsey.

2. Where does the person who interrupted Malcolm's lecture with his theory think the object of his theory might be located?
(a) In Egypt.
(b) In Brazil.
(c) In Costa Rica.
(d) In Africa.

3. How much is the Biosyn spy being paid to spy on the people who had been involved with the InGen project?
(a) $500 per week.
(b) $500 per day.
(c) $1,500 per day.
(d) $1,500 per week.

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

5. According to Malcolm, what is the characteristic human trait?
(a) Sentience.
(b) Awareness.
(c) Conformity.
(d) Desire.

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

7. According to Malcolm, animals living and dying against a very active background of our planet accounts for what percentage of extinction?
(a) 84%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 97%.
(d) 75%.

8. 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) Sarah Harding.
(b) Beverly Ranson.
(c) Lewis Dodgson.
(d) Ed James.

9. 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 unusually high number of missing pets.
(b) An unusual strain of cancer.
(c) An unusual strain of encephalitis.
(d) An unusually high number of missing children.

10. What invention makes complexity theory possible?
(a) Text messaging.
(b) Video recorders.
(c) Computers.
(d) The internet.

11. What is the name of the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture?
(a) Richard Levine.
(b) Sarah Harding.
(c) Luis Alvarez.
(d) Alan Grant.

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

13. Levine is interested in the islands off the Costa Rican coast. Which island houses a Club Med resort?
(a) Isla Rica.
(b) Isla Talamanca.
(c) Isla Nublar.
(d) Isla Sorna.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Dodgson tells the head of Biosyn that there could be a lucrative market in selling dinosaurs. To whom does Dodgson suggest selling them?

4. People claiming to be press photographers entered and photographed Malcolm's office. What journal do the photographers claim to be from?

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

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