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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act 2. A New View Takes Hold: Homage to Opabinia, 1975.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Whittington do after assigning his students to work on some of the other genera?
(a) Begins work on Yohoia.
(b) Finishes his monograph on Wiwaxia.
(c) Begins his monograph on Opabinia.
(d) Ends work on Yohoia.

2. When does the old story have Walcott miraculously stumble upon the Burgess Shale?
(a) After his son stumbled upon it.
(b) After his pistol whipped the dust.
(c) After his wife's horse tripped and fell onto it.
(d) Before his son fell onto the Shale.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What association does Gould make with progress and evolution?

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

3. What does Gould's new interpretation emphasize about human evolution?

4. How was Walcott's taxonomy significantly updated?

5. What is the Burgess Shale?

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