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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 newly interpreted the Burgess animals in 1971?
(a) Dr. Whittington of Yale and her husband.
(b) Professor Harry Whittington of Cambridge and his colleagues.
(c) Professor Matt Stephens and his wife.
(d) Dr. John Whit and his colleagues.

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

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

4. What compose eras?
(a) Advents and Periods.
(b) Epochs and Ages.
(c) Times and Seasons.
(d) Periods.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of development were the Burgess animals first interpreted to have?

3. What cost comes with accepting Gould's picture of human evolution?

4. What does Gould's new interpretation emphasize about human evolution?

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

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