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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Reconstruction of the Burgess Shale: Toward a New View of Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which fossils was Whittington an expert of?
(a) Bezoar fossils.
(b) Pitolimite fossils.
(c) Trilobite fossils.
(d) Trixony fossils.

2. What types did Whittingdon use to classify the new species?
(a) Cilial types.
(b) Mollusk types.
(c) Arthropod types.
(d) Regenerative types.

3. What association does Gould make with progress and evolution?
(a) Evolution is scattered progress.
(b) Evolution is progress.
(c) Evolution doesn't always involve progress.
(d) Evolution always involves progress.

4. How does Gould begin Chapter 2: "A Background for the Burgess Shale"?
(a) Explaining how scientists divide up historical epochs.
(b) Explaining what the Burgess Shale represents.
(c) Explaining which animals are in the Burgess Shale.
(d) Explaining the last chapter's conclusion.

5. What kind of paradigm does Gould believe has not been communicated to the public?
(a) A leftover historical paradigm.
(b) A new research paradigm.
(c) A provoking platonic paradigm.
(d) A controversial conservative paradigm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the old story have Walcott miraculously stumble upon the Burgess Shale?

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

3. Who was America's "greatest paleontologist and scientific administrator"?

4. What does Gould determine about the difference between eukaryotic fauna and the Burgess fauna?

5. When was the famed "death of the dinosaurs?"

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