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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remainder of Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of Whittington's team, who was more methodologically conservative?
(a) Conway Morris.
(b) Derek Briggs.
(c) Simeon Martin.
(d) Whittington.

2. What kind of picture do scientists have of multi-cellular animal life because of the Burgess Shale?
(a) None.
(b) Imagined.
(c) General.
(d) Distinct.

3. What did Whittington restrain Morris from doing?
(a) From overreaching.
(b) From holding on to hard to his lessons.
(c) From underreaching.
(d) From spinning out of control.

4. How did Gould come to understand the Burgess Shale?
(a) A "Pre-Cambrian Finality."
(b) A "Cambrian Generality."
(c) A "Mesozoic Mishap."
(d) A "Palentologic Fortune."

5. What is Canadaspis?
(a) A nervous system.
(b) A crustacean.
(c) A squid.
(d) A carapace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered Harry Whittington's analysis of fauna decades later?

2. Which old category did the team focus on to classify Opabinia?

3. What is one of the first tasks of the paleontologist after producing a clear specimen?

4. How many levels are there in the taxonomy of life?

5. What are Derek Briggs and Simon Conway Morris described as?

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