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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 does Leanchoilia have that makes it look bizarre?
(a) Two toothy fins.
(b) A very large mouth.
(c) Two appendages that split into three whip-like extensions.
(d) A trivalve.

2. What does Gould strain to emphasize for his audience?
(a) The evolution of multi-cellular life was not unmitigated progress
(b) The evolution of marine life was unmitigated progress.
(c) The separation of single cell life was mitigated progress.
(d) The dissipation of marine life was progress.

3. What could Whittington not figure out to do about Marrella?
(a) Which class it did not belong to.
(b) Which existing phyla to classify it in.
(c) Which class to make up.
(d) Which two classes to classify it in.

4. Of Whittington's team, who was more methodologically conservative?
(a) Conway Morris.
(b) Derek Briggs.
(c) Simeon Martin.
(d) Whittington.

5. How many years did Whittington spend on his 1979 monograph?
(a) Five and a half years.
(b) One year.
(c) Four and a half years.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subtitle for this segment of the book?

2. What does the 'grab bag' provided by the Burgess Shale consist of?

3. What bizarre features does Opabinia possess?

4. What kind of similarities and differences must scientists attend to?

5. What are Marrella and Yohoia?

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