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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act 5. The Maturation of a Research Program: Life after Aysheaia, 1979 - Doomsday (There Are No Final Answers).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Collins find another dig site?
(a) In Alaska.
(b) Five miles north of the original quarry.
(c) On the other side of the mountains.
(d) Five miles south of the original quarry.

2. What did Bruton and Whittington do in 1983 in a monograph?
(a) Analyze Emeraldella and Leanchoilia.
(b) Discuss Yohoia and Leanchoilia.
(c) Observe Nerella and Emeraldella.
(d) Analyze Leanchoilia and Nerella.

3. Who was America's "greatest paleontologist and scientific administrator"?
(a) Charlie VanGuarden.
(b) Charles Walmont.
(c) Charles Doolittle Walcott.
(d) Dr. Doolittle.

4. What did Whittington shockingly find after the dissection of Opabinia?
(a) Nothing underneath the carapace at all.
(b) Another complete, yet smaller Opabinia.
(c) Two hearts.
(d) A baby Opabinia.

5. What does Opabinia need?
(a) A new chordata.
(b) A new phylum.
(c) A new species.
(d) A new kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Walcott do for science by collecting and cataloging tens of thousands of new species?

2. What adjectives describe Morris?

3. What years did Whittington work on Naraoia and Aysheaia?

4. How does Gould begin Chapter 2: "A Background for the Burgess Shale"?

5. How many specimens of Opabinia are in the Burgess Shale?

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