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

2. How many years did Whittington spend on his 1979 monograph?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Four and a half years.
(d) Five and a half years.

3. How did Whittington approach Yohoia?
(a) Very liberally.
(b) Less conservatively.
(c) Moderately liberally.
(d) More conservatively.

4. What could Whittington not classify Marella with?
(a) Any species or phyla.
(b) Any known group of arthropods.
(c) Any known group of vertebrates.
(d) Any taxonomic genus.

5. When does the old story have Walcott miraculously stumble upon the Burgess Shale?
(a) Before his son fell onto the Shale.
(b) After his son stumbled upon it.
(c) After his wife's horse tripped and fell onto it.
(d) After his pistol whipped the dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part did Whittington dissect of Opabinia?

2. How did Naraoia help the Burgess Drama?

3. Which class did Whittington's dissenter say Aysehaia should be in?

4. How did the Burgess Shale's mysteries become apparent?

5. What did the "death of the dinosaurs" boundary make possible?

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