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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 name of the American biologist who flies Levine to see the animal carcass?
(a) Lewis Dodgson.
(b) Dennis Nedry.
(c) Marty Guitierrez.
(d) George Baselton.

2. Where does the person who interrupted Malcolm's lecture with his theory think the object of his theory might be located?
(a) In Africa.
(b) In Costa Rica.
(c) In Brazil.
(d) In Egypt.

3. 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) 97%.
(d) 84%.

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

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. After Malcolm's lecture ends, who accompanies Malcolm as they walk across the open courtyard?

2. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals are currently on the planet?

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

4. What does Malcolm insist is just a technomyth?

5. Where are high levels of iridium typically found?

(see the answer key)

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