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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. While other species in the animal kingdom fight for food, what do humans - in Malcolm's opinion - fight for?
(a) Territory.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Protection.
(d) Alliances.

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

3. What two behaviors are of particular interest to the study of evolution?
(a) Balance and structure.
(b) Adaptation and balance.
(c) Adaptation and structure.
(d) Extinction and adaptation.

4. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals are currently on the planet?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 30 million.
(c) 70 million.
(d) 10 million.

5. According to Malcolm, animals living and dying against a very active background of our planet accounts for what percentage of extinction?
(a) 90%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 84%.
(d) 97%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Malcolm known for amongst his peers?

3. When Kelly goes into Thorne's office to say goodbye, who does she learn will be accompanying Malcolm and Thorne on the trip to Costa Rica?

4. When Malcolm explains how active our planet is, which of the planet's features does he describe as being relatively new?

5. According to the person who first notified Levine of the carcass, where have numerous other carcasses been turning up in Costa Rica?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In the 1970s, why could no one answer questions regarding the fragility of the earth's ecosystem?

6. What is the "Edge of Chaos"?

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

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

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

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

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