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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after the lecture ends?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) History.
(c) Palentology.
(d) Biology.

2. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1768.

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

4. What supposition does the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture present to Malcolm and his audience?
(a) The existence of iridium stores.
(b) The existence of Jurassic Park.
(c) The existence of cavemen.
(d) The existence of the Lost World.

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

6. Where is Ian Malcolm giving his speech regarding extinction and complexity theory?
(a) The Life Sciences Institute.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) The Santa Fe Institute.

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

8. 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?
(a) Ed James.
(b) Sarah Harding.
(c) Beverly Ranson.
(d) Lewis Dodgson.

9. What do complexity theorists term the behavior that is common to all complex systems?
(a) Didactic.
(b) Self-organizing.
(c) Supportive iterations.
(d) Self-defeating.

10. 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?
(a) 10 am.
(b) 9 pm.
(c) 4 am.
(d) 6 pm.

11. Where is the helicopter flying in order for Levine to view the carcass?
(a) Ricas.
(b) Panama.
(c) Isla Nublar.
(d) Rojas.

12. When is the infamous trip to Costa Rica actually made by Malcolm and the others for InGen?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1990.

13. What does the back trailer house?
(a) A shower.
(b) A storage unit.
(c) Laboratory equipment.
(d) A sleeping area.

14. Who is the head of Biosyn?
(a) Edward Carr.
(b) Ed James.
(c) George Baselton.
(d) Jeff Rossiter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the windows and walls of the research trailer been reinforced with?

2. 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?

3. Malcolm dresses entirely in one color. What color is it?

4. What is Ian Malcolm's profession?

5. What is the name of the man from Biosyn who is searching for the strange animals?

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