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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 is the Burgess Shale composed of?
(a) Viruses.
(b) Invertebrates.
(c) Vertebrates.
(d) Amoebas.

2. What was Whittington's first monograph about?
(a) Goroia.
(b) Splendens.
(c) Opabinia.
(d) Marrella.

3. What does Gould's new interpretation emphasize about human evolution?
(a) It has five orders.
(b) It has two orders.
(c) It has no single order.
(d) It has a single order.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What could Whittington not classify Marella with?

2. Which genus was Whittington focused on classifying in Chapter Three?

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

4. What comprises the first 4 billion years of Earth's history?

5. What does the evolution of life contain, according to Gould's explanations and illustrations?

(see the answer key)

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