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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 did Whittington first think about Naraoia?
(a) It is the grandfather of Marella.
(b) It is a unique form of trilobite.
(c) It is the cousin of Yohoia.
(d) It is the first trilobite.

2. What is the second subtitle for the Act 5 chapter?
(a) Doomsday (There Are No Final Statements).
(b) Doomsday (There Are Final Answers).
(c) Doomsday (There Are No Final Answers).
(d) Wednesday (There Are No Final Answers).

3. What is the most common organism among the Burgess Shale fossils?
(a) Sanctocaris.
(b) Signi marella.
(c) Titilla splendens.
(d) Marrella splendens.

4. What does Act 4 do?
(a) Keep things conservative.
(b) Slow things down.
(c) Skip to the fifth act.
(d) Speed things up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Whittington conclude about Yohoia in 1975?

2. What cost comes with accepting Gould's picture of human evolution?

3. Why is the Burgess Shale such an amazing find?

4. Where is the Burgess Shale?

5. How many general stages of fauna are between the two faunas both eukaryotic and of the Burgess Shale?

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