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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 did Whittington later note that he labored under?
(a) The two Bs: barren and barinal.
(b) The two Ps: polyanimate and precursor.
(c) The two Ps: primitive and precursor.
(d) The two Ds: decimation and destruction.

2. What pushed Whittington beyond the idea he struggled under?
(a) Marella.
(b) Wiwaxia.
(c) Opabinia.
(d) Yohoia.

3. What does Gould strain to emphasize for his audience?
(a) The dissipation of marine life was progress.
(b) The separation of single cell life was mitigated progress.
(c) The evolution of marine life was unmitigated progress.
(d) The evolution of multi-cellular life was not unmitigated progress

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

5. What was Yohoia specialized for?
(a) A kingdom.
(b) An environment.
(c) A habitat.
(d) A species.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjectives describe Morris?

2. What adjective describes how Whittington first felt when working on Naraoia?

3. When did Whittington publish his first monograph?

4. What was once often a focus of the fauna?

5. Why did Whittington dissect Opabinia?

(see the answer key)

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