2. What did Whittington do after assigning his students to work on some of the other genera?
(a) Finishes his monograph on Wiwaxia.
(b) Ends work on Yohoia.
(c) Begins work on Yohoia.
(d) Begins his monograph on Opabinia.

3. What does Gould determine about the difference between eukaryotic fauna and the Burgess fauna?
(a) The difference is microscopic.
(b) The difference is vast.
(c) The difference is minimalist.
(d) The difference is close.

4. Where was Opabinia quoted to belong?
(a) In the third genus.
(b) Among the crustaceans.
(c) With the arthropods.
(d) Nowhere among the known animals.

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

6. How does Gould begin Chapter 2: "A Background for the Burgess Shale"?
(a) Explaining how scientists divide up historical epochs.
(b) Explaining the last chapter's conclusion.
(c) Explaining what the Burgess Shale represents.
(d) Explaining which animals are in the Burgess Shale.

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

8. According to Gould, what kind of insight does the Burgess Shale offer into the nature of life and the evolution of life forms?
(a) Unique insight.
(b) Weird insight.
(c) Normal insight.
(d) Distasteful insight.

9. What comprises the first 4 billion years of Earth's history?
(a) The Prestige Era.
(b) The Cambrian Era.
(c) The Mesozoic Era.
(d) The Precambrian Era.

10. The Burgess fauna follow the beginning of what era?
(a) Mesozoic Era.
(b) Pezozoic Era.
(c) Maleozoic Era.
(d) Paleozoic Era.

11. Of Whittington's team, who was more methodologically conservative?
(a) Derek Briggs.
(b) Conway Morris.
(c) Simeon Martin.
(d) Whittington.

12. What did Whittington shockingly find after the dissection of Opabinia?
(a) Another complete, yet smaller Opabinia.
(b) A baby Opabinia.
(c) Nothing underneath the carapace at all.
(d) Two hearts.

13. What did Gould describe as characteristic of arthropods?
(a) Hard, body shell.
(b) Odd segmented trunk.
(c) Bodily appendages.
(d) Noodly proboscis.

14. How many specimens of Opabinia are in the Burgess Shale?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

15. What is one of the first tasks of the paleontologist after producing a clear specimen?
(a) Categorize each file according to specimen.
(b) Naturalize the environment and take samples.
(c) Classify the specimen in taxonomy.
(d) Write a monograph on observation alone.