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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. Where is the helicopter flying in order for Levine to view the carcass?
(a) Isla Nublar.
(b) Ricas.
(c) Rojas.
(d) Panama.
2. According to Malcolm, animals living and dying against a very active background of our planet accounts for what percentage of extinction?
(a) 75%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 97%.
(d) 84%.
3. How much of Biosyn's money has Dodgson lost in his corporate espionage attempts?
(a) $2.5 million.
(b) $1.75 million.
(c) $3.75 million.
(d) $1.25 million.
4. What does Malcolm consider the last 50,000 years to be in geological terms?
(a) The slowest period of extinction ever.
(b) The most dramatic period of extinction ever.
(c) The dawning of a new era.
(d) The blink of an eye.
5. Who does Malcolm contact to study the sample from the carcass he receives from Levine?
(a) Sarah Harding.
(b) Ed James.
(c) Elizabeth Gelman.
(d) George Baselton.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Levine learn about the handling of the carcasses that infuriates him?
2. Why can no one present discuss the events that transpired on InGen's Costa Rican island?
3. According to the Introduction, extinction is considered as unremarkable as what?
4. What does the back trailer house?
5. What time is it in Africa when Thorne places a phone call to the other person who will be accompanying him and Malcolm on the trip to Costa Rica?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the members of Malcolm's audience have in common?
2. How does Dodgson convince the head of Biosyn to allow Dodgson one more opportunity to successfully gain the dinosaur DNA he has been seeking?
3. Why does the tissue sample that Malcolm sends to his contact at the zoo for analysis cause a stir at the zoo?
4. What two events occur in the 1970s that cause scientists to focus their attention on extinction?
5. The head of Biosyn dislikes Dodgson, but likes having him around. Why?
6. What is the "Edge of Chaos"?
7. Describe at least three types of systems that complexity theory has studied.
8. How does Malcolm handle the newscasts that report Malcolm's death in Costa Rica?
9. Why is Jack Thorne, who was once a Stanford professor, much happier away from academia?
10. According to Malcolm's speech, what is life marked by?
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