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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act I. Marrella and Yohoia: The Dawning and Consolidation of Suspicion, 1971-1974.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Burgess fauna follow the beginning of what era?
(a) Mesozoic Era.
(b) Paleozoic Era.
(c) Maleozoic Era.
(d) Pezozoic Era.

2. What kind of drama does Gould wish to recount that led to rejecting Walcott's interpretation?
(a) Physical.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Emotional.

3. When does the old story have Walcott miraculously stumble upon the Burgess Shale?
(a) After his son stumbled upon it.
(b) After his pistol whipped the dust.
(c) After his wife's horse tripped and fell onto it.
(d) Before his son fell onto the Shale.

4. In Gould's perspective, what historical understanding does the Burgess shale offer humanity?
(a) The idea of "plague."
(b) The idea of "symbiosis."
(c) The idea of "necrogenesis."
(d) The idea of "contingency."

5. What kinds of versions does the story of the Burgess Shale's discovery have?
(a) A newer, less accurate version and an older, more accurate version.
(b) An old, less accurate version and a newer, more accurate version.
(c) Two of more or less the same version.
(d) A old, more accurate version and a newer, less accurate version.

Short Answer Questions

1. What make up periods?

2. What does the Precambrian Era contain?

3. What does the evolution of life contain, according to Gould's explanations and illustrations?

4. What kind of paradigm does Gould believe has not been communicated to the public?

5. What did Marella have that no trilobite shared?

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