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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Walcott's Vision and the Nature of History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Burgess Shale's mysteries become apparent?
(a) A discovery of a fossil.
(b) A discovery of a chemical.
(c) A shift in mindset.
(d) An explanation of theory.

2. What could Whittington not figure out to do about Marrella?
(a) Which class to make up.
(b) Which existing phyla to classify it in.
(c) Which class it did not belong to.
(d) Which two classes to classify it in.

3. What bizarre features does Opabinia possess?
(a) Frontal nozzle and five eyes.
(b) Twenty limbs.
(c) Eight noses and four eyes.
(d) No nose and three eyes.

4. What did Bruton and Whittington do in 1983 in a monograph?
(a) Analyze Emeraldella and Leanchoilia.
(b) Analyze Leanchoilia and Nerella.
(c) Discuss Yohoia and Leanchoilia.
(d) Observe Nerella and Emeraldella.

5. When did Whittington begin studying Opabinia?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two Ps?

2. When did prokaryotic cells exist?

3. How did Gould come to understand the Burgess Shale?

4. What is the most common organism among the Burgess Shale fossils?

5. What pushed Whittington beyond the idea he struggled under?

(see the answer key)

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