Jurassic Park (novel) - Quiz
Jurassic Park novel
  • 1. Which director directed the 1993 film adaptation of Jurassic Park?
A) Michael Crichton
B) F. H. Cornish
C) David Koepp
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 2. Which company distributed the 1993 film adaptation?
A) Macmillan Publishers
B) Universal Pictures
C) Macmillan Heinemann ELT
D) Grosset & Dunlap
  • 3. In what year did Universal Pictures acquire the film rights to the novel?
A) 1993
B) 1997
C) 1990
D) 1995
  • 4. Who eventually took over the film's screenplay after Crichton's early work?
A) F. H. Cornish
B) Steven Spielberg
C) David Koepp
D) Gail Herman
  • 5. What type of dialogue did the film adaptation excise much of?
A) Romantic dialogue
B) Political dialogue
C) Scientific dialogue
D) Philosophical dialogue
  • 6. What explicit violence did Crichton include in his novel?
A) Evisceration
B) Drowning
C) Electrocution
D) Poisoning
  • 7. What was the title of Crichton's sequel novel published in 1995?
A) The Lost World: Jurassic Park
B) Jurassic World
C) Jurassic Park II
D) The Lost World
  • 8. In what year was the film adaptation titled The Lost World: Jurassic Park released?
A) 1993
B) 2015
C) 2001
D) 1997
  • 9. In what year was Jurassic Park III released?
A) 1997
B) 2015
C) 1993
D) 2001
  • 10. In what year did the Jurassic World series begin?
A) 1993
B) 2015
C) 1997
D) 2001
  • 11. Who rewrote the authorised shorter version of the novel in 1995?
A) David Koepp
B) F. H. Cornish
C) Donald Harley
D) Gail Herman
  • 12. Who illustrated the 1995 learner-oriented adaptation of the novel?
A) Michael Crichton
B) F. H. Cornish
C) Donald Harley
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 13. Which publisher released the learner-oriented adaptation for English learners?
A) Macmillan Publishers
B) Grosset & Dunlap
C) Paramount Pictures
D) Universal Pictures
  • 14. What reading level is the learner-oriented adaptation of Jurassic Park rated?
A) Intermediate
B) Advanced
C) Beginner
D) Elementary
  • 15. Who wrote Jurassic Park: The Junior Novelization along with Michael Crichton and David Koepp?
A) F. H. Cornish
B) Gail Herman
C) Donald Harley
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 16. Which publisher released Jurassic Park: The Junior Novelization in 1993?
A) Universal Pictures
B) Macmillan Heinemann ELT
C) Grosset & Dunlap
D) Macmillan Publishers
  • 17. What is Jurassic Park: The Junior Novelization directly based on?
A) The sequel novel
B) Jurassic Park III
C) The original novel
D) The 1993 film
  • 18. What role did Steven Spielberg have in the film series after directing the first two films?
A) Novel author
B) Lead actor
C) Executive producer
D) Screenwriter
  • 19. Who wrote the 1990 science fiction novel Jurassic Park?
A) Steven Spielberg
B) John Hammond
C) Michael Crichton
D) Lewis Dodgson
  • 20. In what year do the unusual animal attacks occur in Costa Rica at the start of the plot?
A) 1993
B) 1995
C) 1989
D) 1990
  • 21. Which extinct dinosaur is suggested to be involved in the Costa Rican animal attacks?
A) Procompsognathus
B) Tyrannosaurus rex
C) Velociraptor
D) Dilophosaurus
  • 22. What is Alan Grant's profession?
A) Mathematician
B) Paleontologist
C) Biotechnologist
D) Paleobotanist
  • 23. What is Ellie Sattler's profession?
A) Biotechnologist
B) Veterinarian
C) Paleobotanist
D) Paleontologist
  • 24. Who is the billionaire and founder of InGen?
A) Martin Gutierrez
B) Donald Gennaro
C) John Hammond
D) Lewis Dodgson
  • 25. What is the name of the remote island where the biological preserve is established?
A) The Lost World
B) Biosyn
C) Costa Rica
D) Isla Nublar
  • 26. Where was the ancient DNA found that was used to recreate the dinosaurs?
A) Frozen inside supply boats
B) Deep in the waterworks of the park
C) In insects fossilized and preserved in amber
D) In dinosaur eggshells found in Costa Rica
  • 27. What genetic flaw were the park's dinosaur specimens engineered with?
A) They cannot survive in tropical storms
B) They are unable to become males
C) They have a resistance to electric fences
D) They are lysine deficient
  • 28. What is Ian Malcolm's profession and specialty?
A) Lawyer and investor
B) Mathematician and chaos theorist
C) Chief programmer and engineer
D) Paleontologist and game warden
  • 29. Who is Donald Gennaro?
A) An EPA official
B) A Biosyn employee
C) A lawyer representing the investors
D) The chief programmer
  • 30. What are the names of John Hammond's grandchildren who join the tour?
A) Alan and Ellie Grant
B) Dennis and Ed Regis
C) John and Henry Wu
D) Tim and Alexis 'Lex' Murphy
  • 31. Who is the senior engineer of the park?
A) Henry Wu
B) Ed Regis
C) Robert Muldoon
D) John Arnold
  • 32. Who is the park's biotechnologist?
A) Henry Wu
B) Dennis Nedry
C) John Arnold
D) Harding
  • 33. Who is the game warden of the park?
A) Lewis Dodgson
B) Donald Gennaro
C) Robert Muldoon
D) Ed Regis
  • 34. Who serves as the PR director of the park?
A) Martin Gutierrez
B) Ed Regis
C) Dennis Nedry
D) John Hammond
  • 35. Who is the chief programmer of the park?
A) Henry Wu
B) Dennis Nedry
C) John Arnold
D) Lewis Dodgson
  • 36. Who is the park's veterinarian?
A) Ellie Sattler
B) Alan Grant
C) Harding
D) Martin Gutierrez
  • 37. What kind of dinosaur eggshell does Grant find while touring the park?
A) Tyrannosaurus rex
B) Dilophosaurus
C) Velociraptor
D) Procompsognathus
  • 38. What natural phenomenon allowed some female dinosaurs to become males?
A) Amber fossilization
B) Dichogamy
C) Chaos theory
D) Lysine deficiency
  • 39. What type of DNA caused the dinosaurs to change sex?
A) Avian DNA
B) Frog DNA
C) Amphibian DNA
D) Reptilian DNA
  • 40. Why did the park's automated tally system fail to detect newborn dinosaurs?
A) It was programmed to allow operators to input the expected number of dinosaurs
B) Dennis Nedry deleted the tally system during his sabotage
C) Frog DNA corrupted the computer's memory
D) The system was destroyed by the Tyrannosaurus rex
  • 41. Why does Dennis Nedry commit corporate espionage?
A) He was blackmailed by Donald Gennaro
B) He wanted to expose the park to the EPA
C) Hammond refused to pay him for months of overwork
D) He wanted to take over Jurassic Park himself
  • 42. Which rival company does Dennis Nedry steal embryos for?
A) Biosyn
B) InGen
C) Air Vigilance Service
D) The Lost World
  • 43. Who is Lewis Dodgson?
A) An employee of InGen's rival, Biosyn
B) An EPA official visiting the park
C) An American doctor living in Costa Rica
D) The senior engineer of Jurassic Park
  • 44. How does Nedry disable the park's security systems?
A) By activating a backdoor he wrote into the park's software
B) By tricking John Arnold into a reboot
C) By destroying the main generators manually
D) By blowing up the electric fences with dynamite
  • 45. What weather event causes Nedry to become lost while attempting to rendezvous with Dodgson's agent?
A) A massive earthquake
B) A volcanic eruption
C) A tropical storm
D) A hurricane
  • 46. What dinosaur kills Dennis Nedry?
A) Procompsognathus
B) Velociraptor
C) Dilophosaurus
D) Tyrannosaurus rex
  • 47. How did dinosaurs escape the island before the power went out?
A) By stowing away on supply boats
B) By swimming across the ocean
C) By escaping on the Air Vigilance Service planes
D) By jumping over the electric fences
  • 48. Which dinosaur enclosure is the tour group stranded next to when the power turns off?
A) Procompsognathus
B) Tyrannosaurus rex
C) Velociraptor
D) Dilophosaurus
  • 49. Which character is eaten by the Tyrannosaurus rex after the power fails?
A) Malcolm
B) Gennaro
C) Arnold
D) Regis
  • 50. Who is severely injured by the Tyrannosaurus rex and left behind?
A) Malcolm
B) Muldoon
C) Tim
D) Grant
  • 51. Who finds Malcolm and leaves him in Harding's care?
A) Tim and Lex
B) Arnold and Wu
C) Grant and Sattler
D) Muldoon and Gennaro
  • 52. What happens when John Arnold tries rebooting the control room's systems?
A) It leaves the main generators turned off and relies on the overtaxed auxiliary generator
B) It locks the control complex doors permanently
C) It triggers a self-destruct sequence for the island
D) It instantly restores full power to all electric fences
  • 53. Which dinosaurs escape their enclosure and kill John Arnold and Henry Wu?
A) Tyrannosaurus rex
B) Procompsognathus
C) Dilophosaurus
D) Velociraptors
  • 54. How do Grant and the children make their way back to the island's control complex?
A) By driving Nedry's stolen jeep
B) By riding on supply boats
C) By hiking through the waterworks
D) By rafting down a river
  • 55. Who restarts the main generators and regains control of the park's systems?
A) Muldoon and Gennaro
B) Grant and Tim
C) Nedry and Dodgson
D) Arnold and Wu
  • 56. What does Gennaro do after Grant warns him that raptors are aboard the departing supply ship?
A) He contacts the ship and recalls it
B) He hides in the park's waterworks
C) He calls the Air Vigilance Service for napalm
D) He flees the island on a raft
  • 57. How does John Hammond die?
A) Killed by a pack of Procompsognathus after breaking his ankle
B) Killed by Velociraptors in the control complex
C) Eaten by a Tyrannosaurus rex during the tour
D) Killed in the napalm bombing of the island
  • 58. Where do Grant, Sattler, Muldoon, and Gennaro discover a hidden dinosaur nest?
A) On the departing supply ship
B) In the Tyrannosaurus rex enclosure
C) In the park's waterworks
D) Inside the control complex
  • 59. What is the apparent fate of Ian Malcolm after being left behind?
A) He seemingly dies from his injuries
B) He escapes on the supply boat with Gennaro
C) He survives and helps Grant restart the generators
D) He is rescued by Dr. Martin Gutierrez
  • 60. How are the survivors evacuated from the island?
A) By the departing supply ship
B) By swimming to Costa Rica
C) By the Air Vigilance Service
D) By a Biosyn rescue boat
  • 61. What does the Air Vigilance Service do to the island after the evacuation?
A) Builds a new visitor center
B) Quarantines it with electric fences
C) Razes the island with napalm
D) Turns it over to the EPA
  • 62. Where are the survivors detained after being evacuated?
A) On the supply ship
B) In a Biosyn research facility
C) In a Costa Rican hotel
D) At an EPA headquarters in America
  • 63. Who visits Grant weeks after the incident at his detention in Costa Rica?
A) John Hammond
B) Lewis Dodgson
C) Donald Gennaro
D) Dr. Martin Gutierrez
  • 64. What is Dr. Martin Gutierrez's profession?
A) A paleobotanist working with Ellie Sattler
B) An American doctor who lives in Costa Rica
C) An EPA official investigating the animal attacks
D) A senior engineer at InGen
  • 65. What does Dr. Gutierrez inform Grant is migrating through the Costa Rican jungle?
A) A herd of genetically modified livestock
B) A group of Biosyn spies
C) A swarm of amber-preserved insects
D) An unknown pack of animals implying surviving dinosaurs
  • 66. When did Crichton begin working on the project that would become Jurassic Park?
A) 1973
B) 1981
C) 1990
D) 1983
  • 67. In what year did Crichton revive the idea for the project after his initial attempts?
A) 1981
B) 1973
C) 1990
D) 1988
  • 68. Which of Crichton's previous works did he initially feel the park idea was too similar to?
A) Jurassic Park
B) Congo
C) Westworld
D) The Andromeda Strain
  • 69. From whose perspective was the novel originally told in the early drafts?
A) John Hammond himself
B) Ian Malcolm
C) Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler
D) Hammond's grandchildren
  • 70. Who was the junior designer at Knopf tasked with creating the book cover?
A) Henry Fairfield Osborn
B) Chip Kidd
C) John Hammond
D) Alfred A. Knopf
  • 71. Which organization published a special edition of Jurassic Park for its 30th anniversary in 2020?
A) Alfred A. Knopf
B) American Museum of Natural History
C) The Folio Society
D) Penguin Random House
  • 72. How many illustrations were featured in the 2020 special edition of the book?
A) Twelve
B) Six
C) Three
D) Ten
  • 73. What dystopian potentialities does Jurassic Park critique?
A) Modern science
B) Political corruption
C) Ancient history
D) Industrial pollution
  • 74. What word is used to epitomize the final condition of the park?
A) Ruins
B) Hell
C) Chaos
D) Extinction
  • 75. Which 1818 novel by Mary Shelley has plot similarities to Crichton's book?
A) Lodore
B) Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
C) Mathilda
D) The Last Man
  • 76. Henry Wu's inability to name his creations alludes to which character's similar flaw?
A) Andrew Ferguson
B) Victor Frankenstein
C) Sean Guynes
D) Dale Speirs
  • 77. What do the immoral actions of creation without understanding lead to?
A) Financial prosperity
B) Human destruction
C) Scientific enlightenment
D) Global peace
  • 78. Whose vengeance on his creator does human destruction echo in the novel's thematic comparison?
A) The scientist's
B) The dinosaur's
C) The investor's
D) The creature's
  • 79. Who noted that Jurassic Park resembles Katharine Metcalf Roof's Weird Tales story?
A) Sean Guynes
B) Dale Speirs
C) Gene Lyons
D) Andrew Ferguson
  • 80. In which publication did Dale Speirs write about 'Vanished Worlds'?
A) Opuntia
B) Tor.com
C) The New York Times
D) Entertainment Weekly
  • 81. What do dinosaurs hatch from in Katharine Metcalf Roof's story?
A) Amber samples
B) Millions-of-years-old eggs
C) Synthetic incubators
D) Frozen tissue
  • 82. Treating re-created dinosaurs as commodities ultimately led to what?
A) Immense financial profit
B) Peaceful coexistence
C) Global scientific collaboration
D) Eventual catastrophe
  • 83. How did critics generally review the book upon its release?
A) Universally negative reviews
B) Apathy and silence
C) Largely favorable reviews
D) Mixed reviews with zero praise
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