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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. Why did Whittington dissect Opabinia?
(a) To find its liver.
(b) To uncover its bodily appendages.
(c) To uncover its organs.
(d) To look at its heart.

2. What adjectives describe Morris?
(a) Antisocial, benevolent, gracious.
(b) Young, radical, antisocial.
(c) Gracious, young, compassionate.
(d) Radical, immature.

3. What association does Gould make with progress and evolution?
(a) Evolution is scattered progress.
(b) Evolution is progress.
(c) Evolution doesn't always involve progress.
(d) Evolution always involves progress.

4. What is the subtitle for this segment of the book?
(a) Completion and Codiication of an Argument
(b) Timelines and Codification of an Argument
(c) Completion and Codification of an Argument
(d) Omission and Codiication of an Argument

5. What is one of the first tasks of the paleontologist after producing a clear specimen?
(a) Naturalize the environment and take samples.
(b) Categorize each file according to specimen.
(c) Classify the specimen in taxonomy.
(d) Write a monograph on observation alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gould, what kind of insight does the Burgess Shale offer into the nature of life and the evolution of life forms?

2. What does Leanchoilia have that makes it look bizarre?

3. What complex creature did Morris decide to focus on?

4. What adjective describes how Whittington first felt when working on Naraoia?

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

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