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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 bizarre features does Opabinia possess?
(a) No nose and three eyes.
(b) Frontal nozzle and five eyes.
(c) Twenty limbs.
(d) Eight noses and four eyes.

2. How was Walcott's taxonomy significantly updated?
(a) Including new marrella and phyla.
(b) Including new manera and genera.
(c) Including new genera and phyla.
(d) Including new phyla and manera.

3. How does Gould begin Chapter 2: "A Background for the Burgess Shale"?
(a) Explaining how scientists divide up historical epochs.
(b) Explaining what the Burgess Shale represents.
(c) Explaining which animals are in the Burgess Shale.
(d) Explaining the last chapter's conclusion.

4. After publishing his first monograph, which two graduate students did Whittington employ?
(a) Jeremy Morris and Derek Briggs.
(b) Simon Conway Morris and Derek Briggs.
(c) Barry Moser and Simeon Martin.
(d) Briggs Morris and Simon Conway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gould's new interpretation emphasize about human evolution?

2. What type of example is Aysehaia?

3. Who dissented with Whittington about Aysehaia?

4. What was Leif Størmer's treatise on the Burgess Shale named?

5. Which old category did the team focus on to classify Opabinia?

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