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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. Of Whittington's team, who was more methodologically conservative?
(a) Simeon Martin.
(b) Derek Briggs.
(c) Conway Morris.
(d) Whittington.

2. What does the Burgess Shale represent that occurred 570 million years ago?
(a) The "Cambrian Explosion."
(b) The "Anthropological Explosion."
(c) The "Precambrian Explosion."
(d) The "Prezoaic Explosion."

3. When was the boundary between the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras?
(a) 225 million years ago.
(b) 355 million years ago.
(c) 20 thousand years ago.
(d) 225 thousand years ago.

4. What kind of development were the Burgess animals first interpreted to have?
(a) Regressing development.
(b) Unchanging development.
(c) Quick, rash development.
(d) Gradual, progressive development.

5. What is the Burgess Shale composed of?
(a) Vertebrates.
(b) Invertebrates.
(c) Viruses.
(d) Amoebas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What make up periods?

2. What is the Burgess Shale?

3. What was Leif Størmer's treatise on the Burgess Shale named?

4. What did Walcott do for science by collecting and cataloging tens of thousands of new species?

5. What association does Gould make with progress and evolution?

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