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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 does Chapter 4 argue that the story of history is about?
(a) Historicity.
(b) Contingency.
(c) Majority.
(d) Philosophy.

2. How many of these designs survived the first great extinction?
(a) Three.
(b) Ninety-eight.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Four.

3. How did the Burgess Shale's mysteries become apparent?
(a) A shift in mindset.
(b) An explanation of theory.
(c) A discovery of a chemical.
(d) A discovery of a fossil.

4. What was Whittington's first monograph about?
(a) Splendens.
(b) Opabinia.
(c) Goroia.
(d) Marrella.

5. What cost comes with accepting Gould's picture of human evolution?
(a) Psychological cost.
(b) Monetary cost.
(c) Physical cost.
(d) Compensatory cost.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Whittington's 1979 monograph written about?

3. Who dissented with Whittington about Aysehaia?

4. Why did Whittington's next classification pose a problem?

5. What did Whittington shockingly find after the dissection of Opabinia?

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