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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act 4. Completion and Codiication of an Argument: Naraoia and Aysheaia, 1977-1978..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part did Whittington dissect of Opabinia?
(a) The head.
(b) The carapace.
(c) The legs.
(d) The arms.

2. What is so strange about Opabinia that paleontologists found it unbelievable?
(a) The proboscis.
(b) The structure.
(c) The function.
(d) The diagnosis.

3. Which creatures are representative of these four classes that survived the first great extinction?
(a) Eurypterid, mollusk, sea cucumbers.
(b) Snails, crabs and dragonflies.
(c) Dragonfly, a fossil eurypterid, a crab and a trilobite
(d) Dragonfly, crabs, and trilobites.

4. How much of all marine life died during the greatest extinction in history?
(a) 47%
(b) 89%.
(c) 96%.
(d) 5%.

5. When was the boundary between the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras?
(a) 355 million years ago.
(b) 225 million years ago.
(c) 20 thousand years ago.
(d) 225 thousand years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Marrella and Yohoia?

2. Why did Whittington's next classification pose a problem?

3. Where was Opabinia quoted to belong?

4. What are the evidences for Opabinia that are considered undeniable?

5. What types did Whittingdon use to classify the new species?

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