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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Walcott's Vision and the Nature of History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the evidences for Opabinia that are considered undeniable?
(a) The shape of its trunk and the segments of its gut.
(b) The shape of its gut and the segments of its trunk.
(c) The segments of its gut and the shape of its trunk.
(d) The shape of its carapace and the segments of its trunk.

2. How many specimens of Opabinia are in the Burgess Shale?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

3. What is Canadaspis?
(a) A nervous system.
(b) A crustacean.
(c) A squid.
(d) A carapace.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morris publish while still in graduate school?

2. What example helped round out the Burgess revision?

3. What does Chapter 4 argue that the story of history is about?

4. What does Gould strain to emphasize for his audience?

5. What did Walcott think Opabinia was just another one of?

(see the answer key)

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