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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People claiming to be press photographers entered and photographed Malcolm's office. What journal do the photographers claim to be from?
(a) Complexity Quarterly.
(b) Bioethics and Nature.
(c) Chaos in All.
(d) Chaos Quarterly.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first set forth the theory of evolution?

2. When are the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary discovered?

3. How long has Malcolm been denying speculation regarding the InGen story?

4. What is the name of the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the tissue sample that Malcolm sends to his contact at the zoo for analysis cause a stir at the zoo?

2. When Thorne and the children arrive at Levine's apartment, name three items that they find.

3. What is the "Edge of Chaos"?

4. What is reductionism? Is it useful in complexity theory or not?

5. Why is Jack Thorne, who was once a Stanford professor, much happier away from academia?

6. Why do the other girls at school taunt Kelly?

7. Why does Levine hire Kelly and Arby to run errands for him?

8. According to Malcolm's speech, what is life marked by?

9. Why does Guitierrez lament the changing ethics of scientists?

10. Identify and describe the theory supported by the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary.

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