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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. How many general stages of fauna are between the two faunas both eukaryotic and of the Burgess Shale?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. What did Gould note about the Burgess work at this time, in Act 5?
(a) Whittington has left the work to Simon and Briggs.
(b) Whittington and Simon have begun to work on other topics.
(c) Whittington, Briggs and Simon have begun to work on other topics.
(d) Briggs has left the Burgess team.

3. According to Gould, what kind of insight does the Burgess Shale offer into the nature of life and the evolution of life forms?
(a) Distasteful insight.
(b) Normal insight.
(c) Unique insight.
(d) Weird insight.

4. What did Morris push Whittington to do?
(a) To wonder more and do less.
(b) To do more and wonder less.
(c) To be more radical.
(d) To be less radical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gould represent the original interpretation as?

2. Which team member has Gould largely ignored at this point?

3. Which are the names of three rare arthropods in the Shale?

4. What adjectives describe Whittington?

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

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