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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. What was Whittington's first monograph about?
(a) Goroia.
(b) Opabinia.
(c) Splendens.
(d) Marrella.

2. How did the Burgess Shale's mysteries become apparent?
(a) A discovery of a chemical.
(b) A discovery of a fossil.
(c) An explanation of theory.
(d) A shift in mindset.

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

4. How many new arthropod designs does The Burgess Shale contain?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Twenty.

5. What are the two Ps?
(a) Promotion and progressive.
(b) Primitive and precursor.
(c) Progression and Promise.
(d) Predilect and prominent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Whittington attempt to do to many of the new species found in the Burgess Shale?

2. What kind of appendages did Yohoia have?

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

4. When did Whittington publish his first monograph?

5. What is Canadaspis?

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