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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act I. Marrella and Yohoia: The Dawning and Consolidation of Suspicion, 1971-1974.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Whittington publish his first monograph?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1987.

3. What does Gould determine about the difference between eukaryotic fauna and the Burgess fauna?
(a) The difference is microscopic.
(b) The difference is minimalist.
(c) The difference is vast.
(d) The difference is close.

4. What kind of lessons does Stephen Jay Gould draw from how the Burgess Shale was first interpreted?
(a) Medieval and historical lessons.
(b) Religious and traditional lessons.
(c) Methodological and philosophical lessons.
(d) Conservative and biological lessons.

5. What does Gould's new interpretation emphasize about human evolution?
(a) It has five orders.
(b) It has two orders.
(c) It has no single order.
(d) It has a single order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Whittington do after assigning his students to work on some of the other genera?

2. What pushed Whittington beyond the idea he struggled under?

3. What was Yohoia specialized for?

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

5. In Gould's perspective, what historical understanding does the Burgess shale offer humanity?

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