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

2. What was Yohoia specialized for?
(a) A species.
(b) An environment.
(c) A habitat.
(d) A kingdom.

3. How was Walcott's taxonomy significantly updated?
(a) Including new genera and phyla.
(b) Including new manera and genera.
(c) Including new marrella and phyla.
(d) Including new phyla and manera.

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

5. What kind of drama does Gould wish to recount that led to rejecting Walcott's interpretation?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Physical.
(d) Emotional.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many general stages of fauna are between the two faunas both eukaryotic and of the Burgess Shale?

2. What did Whittington conclude about Yohoia in 1975?

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

4. What could Whittington not classify Marella with?

5. What cost comes with accepting Gould's picture of human evolution?

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