Filtering the PDF through pdf2ps and then ps2pdf fixed the problem.
However, inkscape was not the only program to dislike this pdf.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pdfedit ~/thesisconsent.pdf
pdfedit: xrefwriter.cc:715: size_t
pdfobjects::XRefWriter::getRevisionSize(unsigned int, bool) const: Assertion
`revStart>prevEnd' failed.
Aborted
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pdf2ps thesisconsent.pdf
**** Warning: Fonts with Subtype = /TrueType should be embedded.
The following fonts were not embedded:
Arial
Arial-BoldItalicMT
Arial-BoldMT
Arial-ItalicMT
ArialMT
TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT
TimesNewRomanPSMT
**** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
**** The file was produced by:
**** >>>> Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows) <<<<
**** Please notify the author of the software that produced this
**** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
**** specification.
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terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::length_error'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235383
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