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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. What did Morris publish while still in graduate school?
(a) 6 monographs.
(b) 7 articles.
(c) 5 papers on new phyla.
(d) 4 papers.

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

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

4. After publishing his first monograph, which two graduate students did Whittington employ?
(a) Simon Conway Morris and Derek Briggs.
(b) Jeremy Morris and Derek Briggs.
(c) Briggs Morris and Simon Conway.
(d) Barry Moser and Simeon Martin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Whittington's team, who was more methodologically conservative?

2. What adjectives describe Morris?

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

4. What does Opabinia need?

5. Which team member has Gould largely ignored at this point?

(see the answer key)

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