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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 discovered Harry Whittington's analysis of fauna decades later?
(a) Des Collins.
(b) Rutherford.
(c) Walcott.
(d) Sebastian.

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

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

4. What kind of drama does Gould wish to recount that led to rejecting Walcott's interpretation?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Physical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Burgess fauna follow the beginning of what era?

2. What does Gould determine about the difference between eukaryotic fauna and the Burgess fauna?

3. When did Whittington publish a monograph on Yohoia?

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

5. What does the Burgess Shale represent that occurred 570 million years ago?

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