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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. How was Whittington inclined to see Opabinia?
(a) As insane.
(b) As crazy.
(c) As a lunatic.
(d) As an oddball.

2. What is the classification of animal species specifically warned to not be made on alone?
(a) Five or more paleontologists.
(b) Time and timing of the discovery.
(c) The basis of similarities and differences.
(d) Appearance, function and historical context.

3. What did the dissenter believe should happen to Aysehaia?
(a) It should jump two classes.
(b) It should be retained in a known class.
(c) It should spread to the lower classes.
(d) It should not exist.

4. What do Oxford advisers not spend much of their time on, according to Gould?
(a) Philosophers' work.
(b) Parents' work.
(c) Paleontologists' work.
(d) Students' work.

5. What did Marrella and Yohoia still appear to be?
(a) Crustaceans.
(b) Arthropods.
(c) Vertebrates.
(d) Unknown creatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gould note about the Burgess work at this time, in Act 5?

2. What part did Whittington dissect of Opabinia?

3. How much of all marine life died during the greatest extinction in history?

4. When did Whittington begin studying Opabinia?

5. What does Act 4 do?

(see the answer key)

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