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

2. How many new arthropod designs does The Burgess Shale contain?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fifty.

3. According to Dolf Seilacher, what did early eukaryotes exhibit?
(a) A simplicity that could have led to narrower diversity.
(b) A complexity that could have led to narrower diversity.
(c) A simplicity that could have led to more diversity.
(d) A complexity that could have led to more diversity.

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

5. When did Whittington begin studying Opabinia?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. What years did Whittington work on Naraoia and Aysheaia?

2. What adjectives describe Morris?

3. What does Leanchoilia have that makes it look bizarre?

4. What is the third stage of the fauna?

5. What does Gould represent the original interpretation as?

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