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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. Which team member has Gould largely ignored at this point?
(a) Simon Conway.
(b) Simon Morris.
(c) General Briggs.
(d) Derek Briggs.

2. What kind of interpretation did Morris want of the Burgess Shale fossils?
(a) Lenient.
(b) Radical.
(c) Grand.
(d) Morose.

3. When did Whittington begin studying Opabinia?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1975.

4. Who newly interpreted the Burgess animals in 1971?
(a) Professor Matt Stephens and his wife.
(b) Professor Harry Whittington of Cambridge and his colleagues.
(c) Dr. John Whit and his colleagues.
(d) Dr. Whittington of Yale and her husband.

5. Where was Opabinia quoted to belong?
(a) In the third genus.
(b) With the arthropods.
(c) Among the crustaceans.
(d) Nowhere among the known animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second subtitle for the Act 5 chapter?

2. What was Whittington's 1979 monograph written about?

3. What pushed Whittington beyond the idea he struggled under?

4. How was Walcott's taxonomy significantly updated?

5. What happened after Whittington published his monograph on Naraoia?

(see the answer key)

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