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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. What is the name of Thorne's foreman?
(a) Eddie James.
(b) Eddie Carr.
(c) Charles Ramsey.
(d) Ed Dodgson.
2. What is the name of the man who first demonstrates that species become extinct?
(a) George Cuvier.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Ian Malcolm.
(d) Luis Alvarez.
3. What is another name for chaos theory?
(a) Linear dynamics.
(b) Nonlinear dynamics.
(c) Extinction sciences.
(d) Nonlinear sequences.
4. What do complexity theorists term the behavior that is common to all complex systems?
(a) Supportive iterations.
(b) Self-defeating.
(c) Self-organizing.
(d) Didactic.
5. What does Malcolm consider the last 50,000 years to be in geological terms?
(a) The dawning of a new era.
(b) The slowest period of extinction ever.
(c) The most dramatic period of extinction ever.
(d) The blink of an eye.
Short Answer Questions
1. Malcolm dresses entirely in one color. What color is it?
2. Who does Levine eavesdrop on while waiting for his plan in the San Jose airport?
3. According to Malcolm, how long do most species survive?
4. Who is the head of Biosyn?
5. When the second helicopter arrives on the Costa Rican beach, what do the second helicopter's occupants do to the carcass?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Malcolm's speech, what is the average rate of extinction on the planet?
2. Describe Ian Malcolm's feelings regarding the theory that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteor strike.
3. What happens in the 1970s that leads scientists to wonder if human behavior could ultimately lead to extinction?
4. Why do the other girls at school taunt Kelly?
5. What two events occur in the 1970s that cause scientists to focus their attention on extinction?
6. What is reductionism? Is it useful in complexity theory or not?
7. Describe the type of behavior that is common to all complex systems.
8. Why, in Malcolm's opinion, is his extinction theory untestable?
9. According to Malcolm's speech, what is life marked by?
10. A statue of a raptor is outside the biology department at the university where Malcolm works. Why does Malcolm think the statue of the velociraptor is insulting to the raptor?
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