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

2. What do bats superficially resemble?
(a) Birds.
(b) Mammals.
(c) Albatross.
(d) Predators.

3. Which are the names of three rare arthropods in the Shale?
(a) Sartrocercus, Asheais, Actaeus.
(b) Molaria, Sartrocercus, Asheais.
(c) Acteria, Malaraia, Bulgara.
(d) Molaria, Actaeus, Sartrocercus.

4. What adjectives describe Morris?
(a) Radical, immature.
(b) Young, radical, antisocial.
(c) Antisocial, benevolent, gracious.
(d) Gracious, young, compassionate.

5. What example helped round out the Burgess revision?
(a) Marella.
(b) Naraoia.
(c) Wiwaxia.
(d) Aysehaia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Naraoia help the Burgess Drama?

2. What type of relationship does Gould say Oxford advisers have with their students?

3. What type of example is Aysehaia?

4. How can Odaraia be described?

5. What is the problem with the Burgess Shale in relation to many of the similarities and distinctions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gould argue about the classification of the Canadaspis?

3. Why does Gould deplore the prevention of Des Collins excavation of Walcot's quarry?

4. What did Leanchoilica look like?

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

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

7. How can Odaraia be described?

8. Describe Wiwaxia.

9. What did Whittington originally think Naraoia was?

10. Why did classifying Naraoia pose a problem for Whittington?

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