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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Configuration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture?
(a) Paleontology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) History.

2. What is the title of the speech Malcolm is giving regarding extinction and complexity theory?
(a) Life at the Edge of Chaos.
(b) Extinction and Life.
(c) The Complexity of Life.
(d) Behavioral Theories in the Cretaceous Period.

3. What does the "T' in K-T boundary stand for?
(a) Testing.
(b) Triple.
(c) Tertiary.
(d) Tyrannosaur.

4. Where is the concept of a technomyth developed?
(a) At Princeton.
(b) At Harvard.
(c) At Berkeley.
(d) At Duke.

5. What is Ian Malcolm's profession?
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Scientologist.
(c) Astrophysicist.
(d) Paleobiologist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Malcolm contact to study the sample from the carcass he receives from Levine?

5. According to Malcolm, what is the characteristic human trait?

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