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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the person who interrupted Malcolm's lecture with his theory think the object of his theory might be located?

2. What is the name of the man hired by Biosyn to help the company clean up its image?

3. According to Malcolm's interpretation, what is located on the island that Levine believes houses Site B?

4. 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?

5. Where is the concept of a technomyth developed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe at least three types of systems that complexity theory has studied.

2. When the theory of evolution was first presented, there was very little debate. Why?

3. As Ed James sits outside Levine's apartment and eavesdrops on the conversation between Thorne, Malcolm, and the children, why is James embarrassed?

4. As no map of the Costa Rican island exists, how is Levine conducting his reconnaissance on the island?

5. Why, in Malcolm's opinion, is his extinction theory untestable?

6. Identify and describe the theory supported by the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary.

7. What is the "Edge of Chaos"?

8. How does Dodgson convince the head of Biosyn to allow Dodgson one more opportunity to successfully gain the dinosaur DNA he has been seeking?

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

10. Why can complex systems only flourish at the "Edge of Chaos"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the overriding beliefs the following characters had before they went to Isla Sorna and how those beliefs were changed by the events that transpired on the island: Levine, Harding, Malcolm, and Thorne.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Richard Levine at the beginning of the book - the man whose overriding goal is to discover the lost world. What is his motivation? What drives him? Then, discuss the frightened and timid Levine in the middle of the book - the man who wants to lock doors and hide from the dinosaurs. What is his motivation? What drives him? How do the events that happen between these two personalities change Levine from the dreamer to the realist? Who is Levine at the end of the book? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ian Malcolm and Richard Levine.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role of that complexity theory plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by this theory - both positively and negatively?

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