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

2. What was Whittington's 1979 monograph written about?
(a) Monitoring Wiwaxia.
(b) Cataloging Marella splendens.
(c) Cataloging Opabinia.
(d) Dissecting Sanctocrabis.

3. Who proposes to use the Burgess Shale to illustrate the nature of history?
(a) Stephen Jay Gould.
(b) Steven Kay Gold.
(c) Mary J. Gold.
(d) Marie Janine Gold.

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

5. The Burgess fauna follow the beginning of what era?
(a) Mesozoic Era.
(b) Maleozoic Era.
(c) Paleozoic Era.
(d) Pezozoic Era.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the boundary between the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras?

2. When did Whittington publish his first monograph?

3. What is the most common organism among the Burgess Shale fossils?

4. Who discovered Harry Whittington's analysis of fauna decades later?

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

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