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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 the grandfather of Marella.
(c) It is a unique form of trilobite.
(d) It is the cousin of Yohoia.

2. What did Gould say the next generation must do with the Burgess Shale?
(a) Work on it with new techniques and forms of paradigms.
(b) Work on it with old techniques and forms of analysis.
(c) Work on it with new techniques and forms of analysis.
(d) Fix it with revised techniques and forms of analysis.

3. How did Naraoia help the Burgess Drama?
(a) By helping destroy it.
(b) By helping summon it.
(c) By helping complete it.
(d) By helping save it.

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

5. What is the classification of animal species specifically warned to not be made on alone?
(a) The basis of similarities and differences.
(b) Appearance, function and historical context.
(c) Five or more paleontologists.
(d) Time and timing of the discovery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 4 argue that the story of history is about?

2. What does Gould say represents the Burgess message?

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

4. What kind of similarities and differences must scientists attend to?

5. What does Opabinia need?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why wasn't the discovery of the Burgess Shale and its consequent new shift in perspective a gradual change?

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

3. How does Gould describe the relationship between Oxford advisors and their students?

4. What did Leanchoilica look like?

5. What two major discoveries did Derek Briggs make?

6. Why did the Burgess Shale drama become a denouement by 1978?

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

8. What must the next generation do with the Burgess Shale?

9. How did Aysehaia contribute to the Burgess Drama?

10. What did Whittington originally think Naraoia was?

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