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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) Simeon Martin.
(b) Whittington.
(c) Derek Briggs.
(d) Conway Morris.

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

3. How many of these designs survived the first great extinction?
(a) Three.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Four.
(d) Ninety-eight.

4. How can scientists describe the structure of evolutionary inference?
(a) Quite simple.
(b) Fairly easy.
(c) Fairly intuitive.
(d) Quite complex.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of category was it?

4. What adjectives describe Morris?

5. How did Gould come to understand the Burgess Shale?

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