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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 was Whittington's 1979 monograph written about?
(a) Cataloging Opabinia.
(b) Dissecting Sanctocrabis.
(c) Cataloging Marella splendens.
(d) Monitoring Wiwaxia.

2. What does Gould represent the original interpretation as?
(a) "The step and the bowl."
(b) "The chair and the ladder."
(c) "The cone and the rod."
(d) "The ladder and the cone."

3. What cost comes with accepting Gould's picture of human evolution?
(a) Compensatory cost.
(b) Physical cost.
(c) Monetary cost.
(d) Psychological cost.

4. What did Whittington next begin work on?
(a) Naraoia.
(b) Marella.
(c) Yohoia.
(d) Wiwaxia.

5. Which genus was Whittington focused on classifying in Chapter Three?
(a) Splendens.
(b) Marrella.
(c) Minillera.
(d) Hartoll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gould focus on to bring the Burgess Shale into clear view?

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

3. What kind of interpretation did Morris want of the Burgess Shale fossils?

4. What does the Burgess Shale represent that occurred 570 million years ago?

5. What was Yohoia specialized for?

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