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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Possible Worlds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Opabinia need?
(a) A new kingdom.
(b) A new phylum.
(c) A new species.
(d) A new chordata.

2. What do Oxford advisers not spend much of their time on, according to Gould?
(a) Philosophers' work.
(b) Parents' work.
(c) Paleontologists' work.
(d) Students' work.

3. How does Gould attempt to illustrate his point about evolutionary contingency?
(a) Through modern dilemmas.
(b) Through alternative scenarios.
(c) Through schemes.
(d) Through flexible manipulation.

4. What kind of paradigm does Gould believe has not been communicated to the public?
(a) A controversial conservative paradigm.
(b) A leftover historical paradigm.
(c) A provoking platonic paradigm.
(d) A new research paradigm.

5. Which progressive conception collapses because scientists do not fully understand the mechanisms of change?
(a) Historical Limitation.
(b) Theopathsis.
(c) Progressive Development.
(d) Evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Whittington armed with that helped him review the claim that Opabinia was an arthropod?

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

3. What does the Precambrian Era contain?

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

5. What is the fourth major contingency?

(see the answer key)

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