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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Whittington first think about Naraoia?
(a) It is the first trilobite.
(b) It is a unique form of trilobite.
(c) It is the grandfather of Marella.
(d) It is the cousin of Yohoia.

2. Which old category did the team focus on to classify Opabinia?
(a) "Trilobites."
(b) "Beetles."
(c) "Worms."
(d) "Mechanisms."

3. What did Anomalocaris appear to represent?
(a) Another new taxonomy.
(b) Another new species.
(c) Another new kingdom.
(d) Another new phylum.

4. What did 1971 through 1978 bring for Whittington?
(a) No changes.
(b) Devastating news that his research was no longer financed.
(c) Revolutionary changes and a new shift in perspective.
(d) Ten more new fossils.

5. What did Naraoia lead Whittington to do?
(a) Begin a new class called Trilobitoidea.
(b) Combine two classes to create Trilobitoidea.
(c) Dismiss Naraoia as a fluke.
(d) Dismiss the entire class Trilobitoidea as artificial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What complex creature did Morris decide to focus on?

2. Why is the Burgess Shale such an amazing find?

3. What did Gould say the next generation must do with the Burgess Shale?

4. What are the two Ps?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What two major discoveries did Derek Briggs make?

2. How did Aysehaia contribute to the Burgess Drama?

3. What does Morris find that is so shocking?

4. What does Gould note about the Burgess work and the Whittington, Briggs and Simon team?

5. Why is David Burton's published monograph on Sidneyia an important milestone?

6. What new species does the fourth act concentrate on?

7. What did Leanchoilica look like?

8. What did Sanctacaris look like?

9. What did Whittington originally think Naraoia was?

10. How is Whittington inclined to see Opabinia during his initial observations?

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