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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. Why did Whittington's next classification pose a problem?
(a) Yohoia cannot be classified with an arthropod group.
(b) Naraoia cannot be classified with an arthropod group.
(c) His tools malfunction.
(d) Whittington loses his classification charts.

2. What was Yohoia specialized for?
(a) A species.
(b) A kingdom.
(c) A habitat.
(d) An environment.

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

4. 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 first trilobite.
(d) It is the cousin of Yohoia.

5. What types did Whittingdon use to classify the new species?
(a) Arthropod types.
(b) Cilial types.
(c) Regenerative types.
(d) Mollusk types.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can scientists describe the structure of evolutionary inference?

2. Which model could have been followed by creatures suited to the pre-extinction environment?

3. What example helped round out the Burgess revision?

4. What did Morris publish while still in graduate school?

5. What stage of contingency does the book focus on most?

(see the answer key)

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