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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. According to the Biosyn spy, where is Dr. Grant now working?
2. What does Malcolm consider the last 50,000 years to be in geological terms?
3. What is the name of Thorne's foreman?
4. What do complexity theorists term the behavior that is common to all complex systems?
5. How long has Malcolm been denying speculation regarding the InGen story?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Victorian-era scientists, what are dinosaurs like?
2. Why does the tissue sample that Malcolm sends to his contact at the zoo for analysis cause a stir at the zoo?
3. Describe the type of behavior that is common to all complex systems.
4. According to the Biosyn spy, why is Levine teaching a class at Woodside Junior High?
5. According to Malcolm's speech, what is life marked by?
6. When the theory of evolution was first presented, there was very little debate. Why?
7. As Ed James sits outside Levine's apartment and eavesdrops on the conversation between Thorne, Malcolm, and the children, why is James embarrassed?
8. How does Malcolm handle the newscasts that report Malcolm's death in Costa Rica?
9. Identify and describe the theory supported by the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary.
10. According to Malcolm's speech, what is the average rate of extinction on the planet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Compare and contrast Richard Levine with Lewis Dodgson.
a. How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?
b. How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?
c. Only one of these characters ultimately survives the ordeal on the Costa Rican island. Is Dodgson's death a result of his own doing or a result of dumb luck? Is Levine's survival a result of his own doing or a result of dumb luck? Support your reasoning for both.
d. Looking forward, how might this ordeal have affected each of these men as they moved forward with their lives? Would they be similarly affected or not? Explain your answers and your reasoning.
Essay Topic 3
After arriving on Isla Sorna, both Eddie Carr and Sarah Harding see the dinosaurs for the first time. Describe the reaction of each of these characters upon seeing the dinosaurs. Then, compare and contrast these two characters using their reaction to seeing the dinosaurs as the starting point for a larger discussion about how these two are different.
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