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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People claiming to be press photographers entered and photographed Malcolm's office. What journal do the photographers claim to be from?
(a) Chaos Quarterly.
(b) Bioethics and Nature.
(c) Complexity Quarterly.
(d) Chaos in All.

2. What does Malcolm suggest as the reason for the extinction of complex animals?
(a) Lack of food.
(b) Environmental changes.
(c) Physical changes.
(d) Behavior.

3. What does "Dinosauria" mean?
(a) Terrible creature.
(b) Ferocious creature.
(c) Ferocious lizard.
(d) Terrible lizard.

4. According to the person who first notified Levine of the carcass, where have numerous other carcasses been turning up in Costa Rica?
(a) Near the town dump.
(b) Near a mining facility.
(c) Near a soybean farm.
(d) Near a small village.

5. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals have existed on the planet since life began?
(a) 70 billion.
(b) 50 billion.
(c) 30 billion.
(d) 10 billion.

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

7. Who does InGen hire to publicly deny the rumors that surrounded InGen and the Costa Rican island?
(a) Marty Guitierrez.
(b) Dennis Nedry.
(c) Lewis Dodgson.
(d) George Baselton.

8. 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 Brazil.
(c) In Costa Rica.
(d) In Egypt.

9. What is the name of the man who, in the 1960s, imagines that dinosaurs are warm-blooded creatures?
(a) Edward James.
(b) Luis Alvarez.
(c) John Ostrom.
(d) Richard Owen.

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

11. How long is the animal carcass that Levine studies on the Costa Rican beach?
(a) Four feet.
(b) Five feet.
(c) Three feet.
(d) Seven feet.

12. Malcolm dresses entirely in one color. What color is it?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

13. According to the Biosyn spy, where is Dr. Grant now working?
(a) At Duke.
(b) At Montana State.
(c) At Utah State.
(d) At Berkeley.

14. Which island off the Costa Rican coast is leased to a German mining company?
(a) Isla Rica.
(b) Isla Nublar.
(c) Isla Talamanca.
(d) Isla Sorna.

15. What is the name of the man who discovers high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary?
(a) Luis Cuvier.
(b) George Cuvier.
(c) Luis Alvarez.
(d) Charles Darwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after his lecture scheduled to return to the next day?

2. What is the name of the man who first demonstrates that species become extinct?

3. What do complexity theorists term the behavior that is common to all complex systems?

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

5. Where are high levels of iridium typically found?

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