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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. Who newly interpreted the Burgess animals in 1971?
(a) Dr. Whittington of Yale and her husband.
(b) Professor Harry Whittington of Cambridge and his colleagues.
(c) Professor Matt Stephens and his wife.
(d) Dr. John Whit and his colleagues.

2. What make up periods?
(a) Eras.
(b) Epochs.
(c) Decades.
(d) Advents and Periods.

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

4. How many levels are there in the taxonomy of life?
(a) None.
(b) Several.
(c) Few.
(d) Hundreds.

5. Which genus was Whittington focused on classifying in Chapter Three?
(a) Splendens.
(b) Marrella.
(c) Minillera.
(d) Hartoll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could Whittington not figure out to do about Marrella?

2. What did the "death of the dinosaurs" boundary make possible?

3. What did Walcott do for science by collecting and cataloging tens of thousands of new species?

4. What is the Burgess Shale composed of?

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

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