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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. Why can no one present discuss the events that transpired on InGen's Costa Rican island?
(a) Only Malcolm survived.
(b) They signed non-disclosure agreements.
(c) InGen used anmesia drugs.
(d) No one wanted to relive the past.

2. 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) $500 per week.
(c) $1,500 per day.
(d) $500 per day.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the animal carcass that Levine studies on the Costa Rican beach?

2. What does the back trailer house?

3. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?

4. What is the title of the speech Malcolm is giving regarding extinction and complexity theory?

5. What is the name of the man who, in the 1960s, imagines that dinosaurs are warm-blooded creatures?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Ian Malcolm's feelings regarding the theory that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteor strike.

3. When the theory of evolution was first presented, there was very little debate. Why?

4. According to the Biosyn spy, why is Levine teaching a class at Woodside Junior High?

5. What do the members of Malcolm's audience have in common?

6. How does Malcolm handle the newscasts that report Malcolm's death in Costa Rica?

7. As Ed James sits outside Levine's apartment and eavesdrops on the conversation between Thorne, Malcolm, and the children, why is James embarrassed?

8. What two events occur in the 1970s that cause scientists to focus their attention on extinction?

9. Why, in Malcolm's opinion, is his extinction theory untestable?

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

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