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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, A Background for the Burgess Shale.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kinds of versions does the story of the Burgess Shale's discovery have?
(a) A newer, less accurate version and an older, more accurate version.
(b) Two of more or less the same version.
(c) An old, less accurate version and a newer, more accurate version.
(d) A old, more accurate version and a newer, less accurate version.

4. What did Walcott do for science by collecting and cataloging tens of thousands of new species?
(a) Betrayed his own principles.
(b) Greatly served the aims and goals of science.
(c) Betrayed science's aims.
(d) Completely revamped scientific studies.

5. What comprises the first 4 billion years of Earth's history?
(a) The Precambrian Era.
(b) The Cambrian Era.
(c) The Mesozoic Era.
(d) The Prestige Era.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gould represent the original interpretation as?

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

3. Who proposes to use the Burgess Shale to illustrate the nature of history?

4. How many general stages of fauna are between the two faunas both eukaryotic and of the Burgess Shale?

5. The Burgess fauna follow the beginning of what era?

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