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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 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.

2. At the time of his speech in August, how old is Malcolm?
(a) 29 years old.
(b) 36 years old.
(c) 53 years old.
(d) 40 years old.

3. According to Malcolm, how long do most species survive?
(a) Four million years.
(b) Four billion years.
(c) Four thousand years.
(d) Four hundred years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the concept of a technomyth developed?

2. What is the name of the man hired by Biosyn to spy on the people who had been involved with the InGen project?

3. According to the story, in what year does Ian Malcolm give a speech in which he states that complex animals die out because of their behavior?

4. What does Levine learn about the handling of the carcasses that infuriates him?

5. According to the Biosyn spy, where is Dr. Grant now working?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe at least three types of systems that complexity theory has studied.

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

4. According to Victorian-era scientists, what are dinosaurs like?

5. Describe the type of behavior that is common to all complex systems.

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

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

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

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

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

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