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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. Who proposes to use the Burgess Shale to illustrate the nature of history?
(a) Marie Janine Gold.
(b) Stephen Jay Gould.
(c) Mary J. Gold.
(d) Steven Kay Gold.

2. The Burgess fauna follow the beginning of what era?
(a) Paleozoic Era.
(b) Maleozoic Era.
(c) Pezozoic Era.
(d) Mesozoic Era.

3. What did the "death of the dinosaurs" boundary make possible?
(a) The development of large mammals like humans.
(b) The development of large tortoises and sharks.
(c) The development of rodents.
(d) The development of smaller mammals.

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

5. Which genus was Whittington focused on classifying in Chapter Three?
(a) Splendens.
(b) Marrella.
(c) Hartoll.
(d) Minillera.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Walcott group the Burgess arthropods among the arthropod phylum?

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

3. In what year did Leif Størmer describe the Burgess Shale arthropods in a treatise?

4. What kind of appendages did Yohoia have?

5. What is the Burgess Shale?

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