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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Malcolm explains how active our planet is, which of the planet's features does he describe as being relatively new?
(a) Ice caps.
(b) Rain forests.
(c) Grasslands.
(d) Deserts.

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

3. What does the "T' in K-T boundary stand for?
(a) Testing.
(b) Tyrannosaur.
(c) Tertiary.
(d) Triple.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does InGen do when the company learns of John Hammond's death?
(a) Cease and desist.
(b) File for Chapter 11.
(c) Hire a new administrator.
(d) Fire Gennaro's law firm.

10. What supposition does the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture present to Malcolm and his audience?
(a) The existence of Jurassic Park.
(b) The existence of cavemen.
(c) The existence of the Lost World.
(d) The existence of iridium stores.

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

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

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

14. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals have existed on the planet since life began?
(a) 70 billion.
(b) 10 billion.
(c) 30 billion.
(d) 50 billion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Arby sees a strange looking memo at Levine's apartment, what does Arby realize he is looking at?

2. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?

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

4. What invention makes complexity theory possible?

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

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