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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. What compose eras?
(a) Periods.
(b) Times and Seasons.
(c) Epochs and Ages.
(d) Advents and Periods.

2. What is the most common organism among the Burgess Shale fossils?
(a) Sanctocaris.
(b) Signi marella.
(c) Titilla splendens.
(d) Marrella splendens.

3. What is one of the first tasks of the paleontologist after producing a clear specimen?
(a) Naturalize the environment and take samples.
(b) Categorize each file according to specimen.
(c) Classify the specimen in taxonomy.
(d) Write a monograph on observation alone.

4. What pushed Whittington beyond the idea he struggled under?
(a) Opabinia.
(b) Wiwaxia.
(c) Yohoia.
(d) Marella.

5. What does Gould's new interpretation emphasize about human evolution?
(a) It has a single order.
(b) It has two orders.
(c) It has five orders.
(d) It has no single order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could Whittington not figure out to do about Marrella?

2. How many new arthropod designs does The Burgess Shale contain?

3. In Gould's perspective, what historical understanding does the Burgess shale offer humanity?

4. What did Whittington attempt to do to many of the new species found in the Burgess Shale?

5. When did Whittington publish a monograph on Yohoia?

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