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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act 2. A New View Takes Hold: Homage to Opabinia, 1975.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Whittington shockingly find after the dissection of Opabinia?
(a) Two hearts.
(b) Nothing underneath the carapace at all.
(c) Another complete, yet smaller Opabinia.
(d) A baby Opabinia.

2. Which fossils was Whittington an expert of?
(a) Trilobite fossils.
(b) Pitolimite fossils.
(c) Trixony fossils.
(d) Bezoar fossils.

3. Which genus was Whittington focused on classifying in Chapter Three?
(a) Hartoll.
(b) Minillera.
(c) Marrella.
(d) Splendens.

4. How does Gould begin Chapter 2: "A Background for the Burgess Shale"?
(a) Explaining what the Burgess Shale represents.
(b) Explaining how scientists divide up historical epochs.
(c) Explaining which animals are in the Burgess Shale.
(d) Explaining the last chapter's conclusion.

5. What was Opabinia's frontal nozzle not?
(a) A second mouth.
(b) A proboscis.
(c) A carapace.
(d) Part of its head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was America's "greatest paleontologist and scientific administrator"?

2. What kind of development were the Burgess animals first interpreted to have?

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

4. The Burgess fauna follow the beginning of what era?

5. In what fashion was the Burgess Shale actually discovered?

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