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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 do the levels range from in the taxonomy of life?
(a) Phyla to classes.
(b) Phyla to species.
(c) Orders to genera.
(d) Kingdom to species.

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

3. How many levels are there in the taxonomy of life?
(a) Few.
(b) Several.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) None.

4. How did the Burgess Shale's mysteries become apparent?
(a) A shift in mindset.
(b) An explanation of theory.
(c) A discovery of a fossil.
(d) A discovery of a chemical.

5. Which old category did the team focus on to classify Opabinia?
(a) "Trilobites."
(b) "Worms."
(c) "Beetles."
(d) "Mechanisms."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acts does the Burgess Drama have?

2. What did Morris push Whittington to do?

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

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

5. What is Canadaspis?

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