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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Malcolm dresses entirely in one color. What color is it?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

3. Where is the helicopter flying in order for Levine to view the carcass?
(a) Panama.
(b) Isla Nublar.
(c) Rojas.
(d) Ricas.

4. What is another name for chaos theory?
(a) Linear dynamics.
(b) Nonlinear dynamics.
(c) Extinction sciences.
(d) Nonlinear sequences.

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

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

7. What is the name of the man from Biosyn who is searching for the strange animals?
(a) Marty Guitierrez.
(b) Lewis Dodgson.
(c) George Baselton.
(d) Dennis Nedry.

8. What does Malcolm insist is just a technomyth?
(a) Biosyn's espionage.
(b) Costa Rican aberrant animals.
(c) Conspiracies.
(d) InGen's dinosaurs.

9. 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.

10. How long has Malcolm been denying speculation regarding the InGen story?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

11. What is the profession of the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after the lecture ends?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Biology.
(c) Palentology.
(d) History.

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

13. What is the title of the speech Malcolm is giving regarding extinction and complexity theory?
(a) Extinction and Life.
(b) The Complexity of Life.
(c) Behavioral Theories in the Cretaceous Period.
(d) Life at the Edge of Chaos.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Malcolm's lecture ends, who accompanies Malcolm as they walk across the open courtyard?

2. When the second helicopter arrives on the Costa Rican beach, what do the second helicopter's occupants do to the carcass?

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

4. Where are high levels of iridium typically found?

5. Who first set forth the theory of evolution?

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