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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act I. Marrella and Yohoia: The Dawning and Consolidation of Suspicion, 1971-1974.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Whittington publish a monograph on Yohoia?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1974.

3. How many years did Whittington spend on his 1979 monograph?
(a) One year.
(b) Five and a half years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four and a half years.

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

5. Which progressive conception collapses because scientists do not fully understand the mechanisms of change?
(a) Progressive Development.
(b) Theopathsis.
(c) Historical Limitation.
(d) Evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the new methods Whittington and his team adopted help them do?

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

3. In Gould's perspective, what historical understanding does the Burgess shale offer humanity?

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

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

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