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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 general stages of fauna are between the two faunas both eukaryotic and of the Burgess Shale?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

2. Where was Opabinia quoted to belong?
(a) Among the crustaceans.
(b) In the third genus.
(c) Nowhere among the known animals.
(d) With the arthropods.

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

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

5. Why did Whittington dissect Opabinia?
(a) To find its liver.
(b) To look at its heart.
(c) To uncover its organs.
(d) To uncover its bodily appendages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most common organism among the Burgess Shale fossils?

2. What could Whittington not classify Marella with?

3. What is one of the first tasks of the paleontologist after producing a clear specimen?

4. How many years did Whittington spend on his 1979 monograph?

5. After publishing his first monograph, which two graduate students did Whittington employ?

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