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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remainder of Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the class of Burgess arthropods?
(a) Istoperoids.
(b) Momomoids.
(c) Merostomoids.
(d) Cansteromoids.

2. What pushed Whittington beyond the idea he struggled under?
(a) Marella.
(b) Yohoia.
(c) Wiwaxia.
(d) Opabinia.

3. What happened after Whittington published his monograph on Naraoia?
(a) He is promoted to Chief Curator of the Smithsonian.
(b) He begins work on Aysheaia.
(c) He becomes famous.
(d) He takes a break.

4. What kind of picture do scientists have of multi-cellular animal life because of the Burgess Shale?
(a) Imagined.
(b) General.
(c) None.
(d) Distinct.

5. What adjective describes how Whittington first felt when working on Naraoia?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Worried.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Precambrian Era contain?

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

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

4. How does Leif Størmer spread the Burgess arthropods among the groups in the arthropod phylum?

5. Which class did Whittington's dissenter say Aysehaia should be in?

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