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

2. What happened after Whittington published his monograph on Naraoia?
(a) He begins work on Aysheaia.
(b) He becomes famous.
(c) He takes a break.
(d) He is promoted to Chief Curator of the Smithsonian.

3. What did Act 3 explain?
(a) Idotixis is not an arthropod.
(b) Idotixis is an arthropod.
(c) Opabinia is not an arthropod.
(d) Opabinia is an arthropod.

4. What types did Whittingdon use to classify the new species?
(a) Regenerative types.
(b) Mollusk types.
(c) Arthropod types.
(d) Cilial types.

5. What example helped round out the Burgess revision?
(a) Marella.
(b) Aysehaia.
(c) Wiwaxia.
(d) Naraoia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of evidence concerning Opabinia is considered to be decisive?

3. Which progressive conception collapses because scientists do not fully understand the mechanisms of change?

4. What did the new methods Whittington and his team adopted help them do?

5. In what fashion was the Burgess Shale actually discovered?

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